Rose surges into lead at Memorial; Woods shoots worst round of career
DUBLIN, Ohio — Justin Rose made an early surge Saturday at the Memorial, just like so many other players. He’s the only one who kept going on his way to a 6-under 66 that gave him a three-shot lead.
Rose missed only one green on the back nine as he started to pull away.
He was at 15-under 201. Francesco Molinari (69) and David Lingmerth (72) were tied for second. Jim Furyk had a 70 and was four shots back going into the final round.
Tiger Woods finished his round when Rose was about to tee off, and it had everyone talking. Woods had two double bogeys and ended with a quadruple bogey for an 85 — the worst score in his 20 years as a pro.
Woods’ previous high round, an 82, came in January in the second round of the Waste Management Open. Before that, he shot his worst score of 81 in the third round of the 2002 British Open at Muirfield in Scotland.
Woods declined to speak to reporters afterward.
Suzann Pettersen took a one-stroke lead in the Manulife LPGA Classic, making an eagle and four birdies on the first 11 holes and closing with seven pars for a 6-under 66 in Cambridge, Ontario.
Pettersen had a 19-under 197 total at Whistle Bear Golf Club. Bothered by a shoulder injury this season, the 34-year-old Norwegian player won the last of her 14 LPGA Tour titles in 2013.
Colombia’s Mariajo Uribe was second after a 67. Cristie Kerr was third at 17 under, also after a 67. She won the Kia Classic in Cali- fornia in March for her 17th LPGA Tour title.
Second-ranked Inbee Park, the winner last year at Grey Silo in Waterloo, had a 70 to reach 9 under. Topranked Lydia Ko also was tied for 32nd at 9 under after a 68.
Mark Calcavecchia made a 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a 4-under 68 and a one-stroke lead heading into the final round of the Champions Tour’s Principal Charity Classic in Des Moines, Iowa.
Calcavecchia had a 9-under 135 total at Wakonda Club.
Joe Durant was second after a 68. Paul Goydos, Brian Henninger and Michael Allen were tied for third at 7 under, all shooting 70.
Swedish golfer Alex Noren carded a 5-under-par 67 to take a two-shot lead of the Nordea Masters in the third round, while local favorite Henrik Stenson flew up 28 places to lie five shots back in Malmo, Sweden.
Noren, whose victory here in 2011 was his third and last on the European Tour, birdied four of his first five holes. He has three top-10s this year, including runner-up at the Dubai Desert Classic to Rory McIlroy
Maximilian Kieffer of Germany was two shots behind after a 70, and Sebastian Soderberg (71) another shot back with Swedish countryman Jens Dantorp (73).
Stenson, the highestranked golfer in the field at No. 4, scored an eagle-3 on the first hole and birdied his last hole in a 68 to climb into a three-way tie for sixth.
Local amateur Marcus Kinhult, who led during the first two days, shot 77 and dropped into a tie for 14th.