Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Through it all, one aspect never changed: Day is in charge, and he looks like he will be tough to beat.
On a vastly different golf course with greens that felt like putting on glass compared with the previous two rounds, Day overcame two double bogeys with a strong back nine for a 1-over 73 to maintain his four-shot lead.
But what a wild ride. Day four-putted from 18 feet for double bogey and made another double bogey when he blasted out of sand across the green into deep rough as his lead shrunk to one shot. From there, the world’s No. 1 player played 3 under with no bogeys over the final 10 holes to restore some semblance of order.
He was at 14-under 202. Any thoughts of adding to the record book were gone. But when a shootout turned into a survival, all that mattered was the lead.
Ken Duke turned in the best round of the tournament by making six birdies over his last seven holes for a 65, more than 10 shots better than the average score. He was four shots behind along with Hideki Matsuyama (67) and Alex Cejka (72).
Keegan Bradley shot a 76.
Indianapolis
The French driver inherited the lead when Team Penske teammate Helio Castroneves pitted with 20 laps to go, and beat the Brazilian by 4.4748 seconds on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn course. Pagenaud is the first IndyCar driver to win three in a row since Scott Dixon in 2013.
Pagenaud started from the pole and led 57 of the 82 laps. He kept the lead despite making his final pit stop one lap after Castroneves.
Pagenaud extended his points lead over Dixon to 76. Dixon, the defending series champion, finished seventh for Target Chip Ganassi.
Canadian James Hinchcliffe, of Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, was third.
Rome
Top-ranked Serena Williams will meet 21-year-old Madison Keys today to mark the first time two American women have met in a final on clay since Serena beat older sister Venus in the 2002 French Open.
Serena beat 35th-ranked Irina-Camelia Begu 6-4, 6-1 and the 24th-ranked Keys defeated Wimbledon finalist Garbine Muguruza 7-6 (5), 6-4 Saturday after several rain delays.
In the men’s tournament, top-ranked Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will meet in a final for the second straight week. Djokovic came from behind and needed four match points to beat sixth-seeded Kei Nishikori 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Murray defeated lucky loser Lucas Pouille 6-2, 6-1.
In last week’s Madrid Open final, Djokovic beat Murray in three sets.
Barcelona, Spain
The result capped a five-game winning streak that allowed the Catalan club to finish one point ahead of Real Madrid, which fell short despite winning its last 12 league games.
Madrid defeated Deportivo 2-0 in La Coruna with two goals by Cristiano Ronaldo, but it needed Barcelona to stumble in order to clinch its first title since 2012.
Barcelona has won six of the last eight Spanish league titles, and eight of the last 12.
Foxborough, Mass.
Femi Hollinger-Janzen made it 2-0 with a header for the Revolution (2-3-7) in the 84th minute.
Kei Kamara made his New England debut two days after being acquired in a trade from the Columbus Crew.
Kamara scored 22 goals for the Crew last season, tied for the most in MLS, but had a falling out with the club after an on-field dispute with Federico Higuain over who would take a penalty kick last Saturday in a 4-4 tie with the Montreal Impact.