Day enters final round up by 1
NORTON, Mass. - Jason Day capped off an exciting day with a routine birdie to take the lead Sunday in the Deutsche Bank Championship, setting up a Labor Day finish with all sorts of possibilities.
NORTON, Mass. - Jason Day capped off an exciting day with a routine birdie to take the lead Sunday in the Deutsche Bank Championship, setting up a Labor Day finish with all sorts of possibilities.
Day watched his 3-shot lead evaporate in two holes, only to get it back on the par-5 18th, where a shot just off the back of the green left him a simple two-putt for a birdie and a 5-under 66.
The 22-year-old Australian held a 1-shot lead over Brandt Snedeker, who made a mess of the 18th until chipping in for par and a 67.
Day was at 17-under 196, matching the 54-hole record at the TPC Boston, set by Mike Weir two years ago.
Tiger Woods managed only one birdie over the last 11 holes for a 2-under 69, leaving him tied for 23d and 10 shots off the lead. That set the stage for Phil Mickelson or Steve Stricker to end Woods' five-year run atop the world ranking.
Stricker, the defending champion, played his third straight round without a bogey for a 67 and was 4 shots back. Mickelson was 5 off the pace in the 10th tournament this year that he has had a mathematical chance of replacing Woods at No. 1.
Vijay Singh made the rarest shot in golf - an albatross - when he holed a 5-iron from 229 yards on the par-5 second hole.
Champions Tour
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. - Ted Schulz won the First Tee Open for his first Champions Tour title, holing an 8-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole at Pebble Beach en route to a 2-under 70 and a 1-stroke victory over Tom Pernice Jr.
The 50-year-old Schulz, in his 12th start on the tour, finished at 14-under 202.
European Tour
CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland - After his 6-stroke lead in the final round dwindled to 1, Miguel Angel Jimenez birdied the last three holes for a 4-under 67 and a 3-stroke victory in the European Masters, his third tour win this year.