PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Paul Casey was far away from all the antics at Pebble Beach on Saturday and quietly put together another solid round for a 5-under 67 that gave him a three-shot lead over Phil Mickelson going into the final day of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Casey played at Spyglass Hill in a mixture of rain, sunshine and wind. He was at 15-under 200.
Mickelson was part of the celebrity rotation at Pebble and put on a show on the back nine, stuffing a wedge to 3 feet on No. 13, and following with a 4-iron to 4 feet on the par-5 14th hole for eagle. He had a 2-under 70.
Jordan Spieth was in the mix until a pair of double bogeys over his last six holes left him eight back.
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Bernhard Langer eagled the par-5 18th for a 4-under 68 and a one-stroke lead on Saturday in the PGA Tour Champions’ Oasis Championship.
Langer rebounded from a bogey on the par-4 17th with the eagle to reach 12-under 132 at The Old Course at Broken Sound. The 61-year-old German star won the 2010 event and finished second last year, two strokes behind Mark Calcavecchia.
Marco Dawson was second after a 67, and David Toms (67) and Brandt Jobe (65) were two strokes back at 10 under in the first full-field event of the season. First-round leader Jesper Parnevik followed his opening 63 with a 72 to drop into a tie for fifth at 9 under with Bob Estes (68), Tom Byrum (69) and Woody Austin (70).
BARWON HEADS, Australia — Second-round leader Kim Kaufman holed out from the bunker for birdie on the par-3 seventh hole which helped her take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the LPGA’s Vic Open.
The American otherwise had a forgettable third round with four bogeys and a double bogey in tough late conditions Saturday for a 3-over 75. France’s Celine Boutier (69) and Su Oh of Australia (74) were tied for second.
Kaufman’s shot from the bunker bounded straight off the bottom of the flagstick and into the hole. She raised her arms in triumph and then high-fived her caddie.
Going into Sunday’s final round at the 13th Beach Golf Links, Kaufman had a 54-hole total of 10-under 207.
In the European Tour’s men’s event being played alongside the women’s tournament, Australian Wade Ormsby, who shot 70, will take a two-stroke lead into the final round. Callum Shinkwin of England (66) and Australian Matthew Stieger (65) were tied for second.
Strong winds hit the course in the early afternoon, making scoring difficult for the leading late starters.
That didn’t bother Stieger, who won the Australian amateur title in 2011 and who played his junior golf at St. Michael’s, an ocean-side course in Sydney.
“I’ve played a lot of golf in the wind so I actually like these types of conditions,” said Stieger. “The first day it didn’t blow at all and I shot one-under. Then yesterday it blew in the afternoon, I shot five-under and then it blew this morning and I shot seven-under. So it’s getting better and better, which is good. I’m just hoping for another day like this tomorrow.”
Under the tournament format, 144 men and women began play on two courses in alternate groups on Thursday. The Friday cut saw 65 players and ties advance to Saturday, and then the top 35 and ties from each tournament moved on to Sunday’s final round, using only the Beach course on the weekend and again in alternate groups.
Defending women’s champion Minjee Lee missed the third-round cut after a 74 Saturday.
The Women’s Australian Open, also sanctioned by the LPGA, will be played next week at The Grange in Adelaide. The men’s European Tour is co-sanctioning the Perth World Super 6 in Western Australia.
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