Saturday’s pro golf results


September 7, 2014 at 12:00a.m.

Saturday’s pro golf results

BMW CHAMPIONSHIP

CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, COLO.

Billy Horschel needed less than a week to give himself a second chance. If he keeps playing this well, his next shot at closing out a tournament won’t be nearly as stressful as the last one. Horschel made a 32-foot birdie putt Saturday to wrap up his bogey-free third round at 7-under 63 and take a three-shot lead over Ryan Palmer heading into the final 18 holes of the BMW Championship. On Monday at the Deutsche Bank, Horschel had a 6-iron in hand on the 18th fairway and a chance to win or force a playoff, but he chunked the shot, made bogey and settled for a disappointing second-place tie. Horschel had a 13-under 197 total. He gave himself a cushion at the third of the four FedEx Cup playoff events, rolling in a 22 footer for birdie on 14, then an 8-foot birdie on 15 to vault into the lead. He closed it out with the long one on 18 — the uphill, par-4 477-yard closing hole that is the third toughest on the course and has surrendered only 18 birdies all week.

QUEBEC CHAMPIONSHIP

QUEBEC CITY

Defending champion Esteban Toledo shot a 6-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Brad Faxon in the Champions Tour’s Quebec Championship. The 51-year-old Toledo, the only Mexican winner in the history of the 50-and-over tour, had a 10-under 132 total at La Tempete in the first PGA Tour-sanctioned event in the area since 1956. He won the then-Montreal Championship last year at La Vallee du Richelieu for his second Champions Tour victory. Faxon had a 68. Loren Roberts was third at 8 under after a 69. Jay Haas, Scott Simpson and Wes Short Jr. were 7 under. Simpson and Short shot 68, and Haas had a 69.

CHIQUITA CLASSIC

DAVIDSON, N.C.

Greg Chalmers birdied two of the last four holes for a 5-under 67 and a one-stroke lead in the Chiquita Classic, the second of four events in the Web.com Tour Finals. Chalmers, the 40-year-old Australian who finished 132nd in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup standings, had a 15-under 201 total at River Run. He had eight birdies and three bogeys in the third round. Nos. 126-200 in the FedEx Cup standings and Nos. 26-75 from the Web.com Tour’s regular-season money list playing for 25 PGA Tour cards based on their earnings in the four tournaments.

Associated Press