Sunday, July 19, 2015
PGA
BARBASOL CHAMPIONSHIP
OPELIKA, ALA.
Playing partners Ricky Barnes and Scott Piercy each shot 6-under 65 to share the third-round lead in the PGA Tour’s inaugural Barbasol Championship. Barnes and Piercy reached 13-under 200 on Grand National’s Lake Course, and will be paired together again. Piercy birdied four of the first five holes. He has won twice on the PGA Tour. Barnes had birdies on Nos. 2 16 and 17. He’s seeking his first PGA Tour win in 202 events. Second-round co-leaders Whee Kim and Mark Hensby were among five players a shot back. Both shot 68 in the event for players who failed to make the British Open field. Jason Gore had a 63, Will Wilcox a 65, and Emiliano Grillo a 67 to join the group at 12 under.
LPGA
MARATHON CLASSIC
SYLVANIA
Ha Na Jang shot a 2-under 69, leaving her a stroke ahead with one round left in the LPGA Tour’s rain-plagued Marathon Classic. The South Korean player had an 11-under 202 total at Highland Meadows. Fighting back pain, she opened with rounds of 66 and 67 and has only two bogeys over the first 54 holes. Play was delayed for 1 hour, 59 minutes in the afternoon. Delays Friday forced 54 players to complete the second round Saturday morning. South Korea’s Q Baek was second. She birdied the final hole for a 68. Defending champion Lydia Ko, ranked No. 2 in the world, was 9 under along with top-ranked Inbee Park, Chella Choi, Austin Ernst and Shanshan Feng. Ko and Park shot 67, Choi 65, Ernst 66 and Feng 68.
CELEBRITY
AMERICAN CENTURY
STATELINE, NEVADA
Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Josh Scobee matched the event record with 33 points to take a one-point lead in the American Century Championship. Former pitcher Mark Mulder was second. Former pitcher Eric Gagne was third after a 29-point round. He had six birdies and one bogey in a 67.
Associated Press