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Women’s British Open

SUNNINGDALE, England — Yuri Fudoh of Japan shot a 3-under 69 to lead by one stroke after the third round of the Women’s British Open. Fudoh, who qualified for the tournament by finishing in the top 15 of the championship a year ago at St. Andrew’s, is at 13-under 203 at Sunningdale and in sight of her first major title. Ji-Yai Shin of South Korea (70) is second after making a bogey at the 18th. Shin drove her tee shot into the rough, then pulled her second shot into the gallery. Taking a drop, she pitched 20 feet past the hole and then missed the par putt. Fudoh was the leading money winner on the Japanese LPGA from 2000-05 and has won 45 tournaments in her home country. She is using veteran caddie Peter Coleman, who helped Bernhard Langer win two Masters titles. “He has helped on the distance and I think 50 percent of what I have done is because of the caddie,” Fudoh said through an interpreter. Fudoh said she has no plans to move to the LPGA Tour in the United States. “I don’t think I have enough power to play on the LPGA, like physical condition,” she said. Ai Miyazato of Japan (68) is two shots back from Fudoh. Then came two Americans, Cristie Kerr (70) and Juli Inkster (71), who are another stroke back. Inkster, who is aiming to win her eighth major a record 24 years after her first, started one shot behind Shin and Fudoh at 9 under. She took the lead by pitching her second shot to within 8 feet of the flag at the first hole and making the eagle putt.

U.S. Senior Open

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Broadmoor’s East Course wasn’t so unbearable Saturday. Eduardo Romero of Argentina grabbed the 54-hole lead at the U.S. Senior Open with a 5-under-par 65, conquering not only a course but also a field that one day earlier was bedeviled by perilous pin placements and a curious black bear. “Fantastic round. I played great today,” said Romero, whose three-day total of 9-under 201 is two shots ahead of Fred Funk (69), who relinquished the lead with three bogeys on the back nine, and three ahead of John Cook (66). Tom Kite (71) is in fourth, eight shots back and the only other golfer under par for the tournament. Thirteen golfers finished in the red one day after a black bear interrupted the second round by roaming around the vintage course carved into the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, where Friday only five players managed to overcome tricky winds and unfriendly pin placements to break par. “The course is playing great. The pins were a little easier than they were yesterday and the greens were a little softer,” Funk said. “The pins were just not as crazy. I think the USGA kind of listened to some guys and they did a good job with the setup.” The fourth and eighth holes were much easier to handle than they were a day earlier, when the pin placements on the short par-3s turned the usually make-your-move front nine into a monster like the back nine, where the three toughest holes come right after the turn. “Some of them yesterday were on the side of slopes and if you got anywhere above the wrong side of the hole, you were going to be 20 feet past no matter what,” said Greg Norman (68), who is tied for fifth, nine shots back. “Today they are a lot more accessible, but they are still tough.” Funk, who led after the first two rounds, blew a two-shot lead over Romero on the back nine, even though that’s where his stiff neck began to loosen up. He was 4 under for the day and 10 under for the tournament at the turn before bogeying the 11th, 12th and 14th holes while Romero was carding a 1-under 34 on the back. “I think tomorrow the key is going to be the front nine, the group of guys that goes out there and lights it up on the front,” Funk said. “That’s where you’ve got to get it.”

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Broadmoor’s East Course wasn’t so unbearable Saturday. Eduardo Romero of Argentina grabbed the 54-hole lead at the U.S. Senior Open with a 5-under-par 65, conquering not only a course but also a field that one day earlier was bedeviled by perilous pin placements and a curious black bear. “Fantastic round. I played great today,” said Romero, whose three-day total of 9-under 201 is two shots ahead of Fred Funk (69), who relinquished the lead with three bogeys on the back nine, and three ahead of John Cook (66). Tom Kite (71) is in fourth, eight shots back and the only other golfer under par for the tournament. Thirteen golfers finished in the red one day after a black bear interrupted the second round by roaming around the vintage course carved into the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, where Friday only five players managed to overcome tricky winds and unfriendly pin placements to break par. “The course is playing great. The pins were a little easier than they were yesterday and the greens were a little softer,” Funk said. “The pins were just not as crazy. I think the USGA kind of listened to some guys and they did a good job with the setup.” The fourth and eighth holes were much easier to handle than they were a day earlier, when the pin placements on the short par-3s turned the usually make-your-move front nine into a monster like the back nine, where the three toughest holes come right after the turn. “Some of them yesterday were on the side of slopes and if you got anywhere above the wrong side of the hole, you were going to be 20 feet past no matter what,” said Greg Norman (68), who is tied for fifth, nine shots back. “Today they are a lot more accessible, but they are still tough.” Funk, who led after the first two rounds, blew a two-shot lead over Romero on the back nine, even though that’s where his stiff neck began to loosen up. He was 4 under for the day and 10 under for the tournament at the turn before bogeying the 11th, 12th and 14th holes while Romero was carding a 1-under 34 on the back. “I think tomorrow the key is going to be the front nine, the group of guys that goes out there and lights it up on the front,” Funk said. “That’s where you’ve got to get it.”