Friday, July 22, 2016
CANADIAN OPEN
OAKVILLE, ONTARIO
Dustin Johnson made a 10-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th hole Thursday for a 6-under 66 and a share of the Canadian Open lead with Luke List.
The U.S. Open champion set up the eagle with a 364-yard drive and 150-yard approach. In windy conditions at sun-baked Glen Abbey, Johnson also had seven birdies and drove into the water on the par-4 14th en route to a double bogey. Johnson played the three back-nine par-5 holes in 4 under.
List birdied all four par 5s in a round he closed with seven pars.
UL INTERNATIONAL CROWN
GURNEE, ILL.
The United States lost both of its four-ball matches to England, and Yani Tseng helped Taiwan sweep Australia in the opening session of the UL International Crown.
Lexi Thompson and Cristie Kerr lost 2 and 1 to Holly Clyburn and Jodi Ewart Shadoff, and Stacy Lewis and Gerina Piller fell to Charley Hull and Melissa Reid by the same score. Thompson, Kerr and Lewis were on the American team that finished sixth in 2014 in the inaugural event after being swept the first day.
Next up is two more days of four-ball matches at the Merit Club. The top two in each pool and the winner of wild-card playoff between the third-place teams will advance to the singles matches Sunday.
SENIOR BRITISH OPEN
CARNOUSTIE, SCOTLAND
Woody Austin made four birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine and finished with a 4-under 68 to take the first-round lead in the Senior British Open.
The 52-year-old Austin rebounded from bogeys on Nos. 9 and 10 with birdies on 11, 12, 14 and 16. He has struggled after winning three times in four events this year on the PGA Tour Champions.
Mark O’Meara was a stroke back along with Carlos Franco, Esteban Toledo, Joe Durant, Tom Byrum, Scott McCarron and Peter Fowler. Franco, from Paraguay, qualified Monday.
The wind was 10-15 mph at Carnoustie Golf Links with a mix of sun and clouds and a high in the 60s.
Bernhard Langer, the winner in 2010 at Carnoustie, had a 71.
Associated Press