Reed sits atopWells Fargo, withD.J. and Lefty nearby

wilmington, n. c. » Patrick Reed was befuddled by the wind when his golf ball was in the air, and by the bookwhen his ballwas on the green. He went back to playing aggressively, and it gave him the lead Saturday in theWells Fargo Championship.

But not by much.

Reed hammered a wedge into 4 feet for a birdie on the 17th, and finished with a two-putt birdie for a 5-under-par 67 to match the low score of a blustery third round. Reedwas at 8-under 208 overall. It was good enough for a one-shot lead over Alex Noren of Sweden and Jon Rahm of Spain going into the final round at Eagle Point.

But with one round remaining, the tournament was wide open, even for Dustin Johnson.

Theworld’sNo. 1-ranked player, competing for the first time since his slip down the stairs, bruising his back and knocking him out of the Masters, rallied for a 67 and was four shots out of the lead as Johnson goes for his fourth straight PGA Tour victory.

In a scramble for the top — 18 players were separated by four shots after 54 holes — Reed finished strong. Phil Mickelson had a 3-under 69 to sit four shots back.

Wie beats Yin at Match PlayB

mexico city » MichelleWie rallied to beat AngelYin in the Lorena OchoaMatch Play to join Ariya Jutanugarn, SeiYoung Kim and Mi Jung Hur in the semifinals.

Four down after 11 holes at Club de Golf Mexico, Wie twice rallied to tie the long-hittingYin andwon with a birdie on the par-5 20th hole.

Wie set up amatch against Kim, a 5-and-4 winner over Karine Icher in the event that switched from stroke to match play and moved from November.

The third-ranked Jutanugarn lost a 3-up lead to Cristie Kerr before finishing off the 39-year-old American with a par on the 19th hole. Kerrwon threeweeks ago in Hawaii and lost to Haru Nomura last week on the sixth hole of a playoff in Texas.

Daly leads Champions event

the woodlands, texas » John Daly, 51, shot a bogey-free, 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead over Kenny Perry at the PGA Tour Champions’ Insperity Invitational. Daly, a two-time major champion, will try for his first victory on the senior tour— and his first win overall since the PGATour’s 2004 Buick Invitational.

Euro Tour showdowns set

st. albans, england » England, Denmark, Scotland, Thailand, Portugal, Australia, Italy and France progressed fromthe group stage of the EuroTour’s GolfSixes event to the quarterfinals, which take place Sunday along with the semifinals and final.

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