Teen in hunt at Byron

Associated Press

irving, texas

Jordan Spieth shot a 3-under 67 on Saturday at the Byron Nelson Championship, putting the 16-year-old high school junior within striking distance of the lead heading into the final round.

Spieth is at 6-under 204 in his PGA Tour debut, tied for seventh and only six shots behind leader Jason Day. The teenager on Friday became the sixth-youngest player to make a cut.

Tiger Woods just happens to be the last high school player in this tournament, back in 1993. He shot 77-72 and missed the cut as a 17-year-old, then came back four years later and became the event’s youngest winner.

Even if he doesn’t win, Spieth has plenty of other events to look forward to — a sponsor’s exemption into the Memphis PGA Tour stop in June, and in July he’ll defend his title at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship.

LPGA Tour

GLADSTONE, N.J.

Top-ranked Jiyai Shin knocked out Michelle Wie in the Sybase Match Play Championship quarterfinals, winning 2 and 1 on another humid day at hilly Hamilton Farm.

Shin will play Sun Young Yoo — a 2-and-1 winner over fourth-seeded Yani Tseng — in the semifinals Sunday morning. In the other quarterfinals, 10th-seeded Angela Stanford beat Catriona Matthew 5 and 3, and No. 30 Amy Yang edged Haeji Kang 1-up.

The 22-year-old Shin is chasing her first LPGA Tour title of the year after winning six times in the last two seasons. She has 23 international victories.

European Tour

WENTWORTH, England

England’s Chris Wood shot a 4-under 67 to take a two-shot lead over Robert Karlsson, who had a course-record 62 in the third round of the BMW PGA Championship.

Karlsson finished at 6-under 207, despite a quick turnaround from his home in Monaco after he thought he’d missed the cut. It’s the lowest round since the European PGA event was first played on the course in 1955.