On the links | Saturday’s professional golf results

THE COLONIAL

FORT WORTH, TEXAS

Kevin Na regained sole possession of the lead with a late birdie Saturday at Colonial, taking a one-stroke advantage over Ian Poulter into the final round. Na shot a 1-under 69 to reach 11-under 199 at a very damp Hogan’s Alley. Poulter had a 68. He dropped out of a share of the lead after starting the back nine with a four-putt double bogey. But he was again tied with Na after making a 32-foot birdie putt at No. 15. With their golf balls close to each other on the No. 17 green, Poulter had a 15-foot birdie try that slid by the hole. Na then made his 14-footer to reclaim the outright lead. Charley Hoffman was third at 9 under after a 66. Chris Kirk, a two-time PGA Tour winner last season, had a 65 for the best round of the day and was tied for fourth at 8 under with Brandt Snedeker (66). Defending champion Adam Scott carded his second consecutive 66 since an opening 72. He was tied for 10th at 6 under in a group that included Jordan Spieth, the 21-year-old Masters champion from Dallas playing the first of consecutive weeks at home in North Texas. Spieth, the first-round co-leader after a 64, followed his second-round 73 with a 67.

SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

FRENCH LICK, IND.

Defending champion Colin Montgomerie shot a 2-under 70 on The Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort to take a three-shot lead in the Senior PGA Championship. Montgomerie birdied the par-4 18th to reach 5-under 211. The Scot won last year at Harbor Shores in Michigan, and also won the U.S. Senior Open in July in Oklahoma. Bernhard Langer was second after a 68. He eagled the 415-yard, par-4 eighth hole — holing a 7-iron from 162 yards — and closed with consecutive birdies after a bogey at the par-5 16th. Scott Verplank, Esteban Toledo and Brian Henninger were tied for third at 1 under. Verplank shot 70, Toledo 73, and Henninger 74. Henninger made a triple bogey on the 16th to drop out of a share of the lead. His second shot on the 539-yard hole darted right, into deep, deep rough and he had to declare his ball lost.

BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

VIRGINIA WATER, ENGLAND

South Korea’s Byeong Hun An shot a 5-under 67 for a share of the third-round lead with Italy’s Francesco Molinari in the BMW PGA Championship. Byeong birdied the final two holes to reach 14 under on Wentworth’s West Course. Molinari had a 68. Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee was third at 12 under after a 68. England’s Tommy Fleetwood was another stroke back after a 65, and 51-year-old Spanish star Miguel Angel Jimenez was 10 under after a 68. Jimenez, the 2008 winner, had his European Tour-record 10th hole-in-one, acing the 148-yard second hole with a 9-iron. He has three aces this season. Fleetwood made an albatross on the par-5 fourth hole, holing a 7-iron from 198 yards.

SYMETRA CLASSIC

CHARLOTTE, N.C.

Haruka Morita-WanyaoLu won the Symetra Classic on Saturday for her Symetra Tour title, beating Canada’s Augusta James with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff. Morita-WanyaoLu hit an 8-iron to 5 feet to set up her winning birdie on the par- 3 18th. Morita-WanyaoLu closed with a 5-under 67 to match James at 12-under 204 at Raintree Country Club. The 18-year-old Morita-WanyaoLu is Chinese-Japanese — Haruka Morita is her Japanese name and Lu Wanyao her Chinese name.

Associated Press