ON THE LINKS

ON THE LINKS

Saturday’s pro golf results

VALERO TEXAS OPEN

SAN ANTONIO

Kevin Chappell birdied three of his final five holes and took a step closer to his first PGA Tour victory with a 1-under 71, giving him a one-stroke lead after three rounds. Chappell is 8-under through 54 holes. He’s ahead of first-round leader Branden Grace, who rallied with 2-under 70, and John Huh. After an eagle-birdie finish, Huh shot 71. Ryan Palmer, a West Texas native who cut through winds as strong as 25 mph, had the round of the day with 4-under 68. He’s joined at 6-under by second round co-leaders Bud Cauley (74) and Tony Finau (74), Sweden’s Carl Pettersson (71), 2013 Texas Open champ Martin Laird (71), Kevin Tway (72) and Australian Cameron Smith (73). Chappell tied for seventh with Rory McIlroy at the Masters this month, and he got his late charge going Saturday after leaving an eagle putt short at the par-5 14th. He tapped in to gain a stroke, and he made good two holes later with a 12-foot birdie. He chipped to two feet on the downwind, 318-yard 17th and had another tap-in birdie.

SHENZHEN INTERNATIONAL

SHENZHEN, CHINA

Bernd Wiesberger of Austria shot a 3-under 69 Saturday to take a three-stroke lead into the final round. Wiesberger, who started the third round at Genzon Golf Club with a four-shot advantage, offset two bogeys with five birdies for 15-under 201 overall. South African Dylan Frittelli was second after a 68 with a birdie-birdie finish. Frittelli’s countrymen Dean Burmester and George Coetzee were tied for third at 11 under, alongside England’s Ross Fisher and American David Lipsky. Wiesberger has been in impressive form the last eight months, having not missed a cut since the PGA Championship with seven top-five finishes. Alexander Levy recorded the round of the week with a 64 and is tied at 10-under with Bubba Watson, Gregory Bourdy and Liu Yan-Wei. Bourdy and Finland’s Mikko Korhonen both had a hole-in-one. Bourdy’s tee-shot on the third took two bounces and rolled into the middle of the cup, cutting Wiesberger’s lead to one. Earlier, Korhonen aced the 16th in the rain-delayed second round with a four-iron from 220 yards.

BASS PRO SHOPS LEGENDS OF GOLF

RIDGEDALE, MO.

Fred Funk and Jeff Sluman teamed to shoot a course-record 10-under par on Saturday to take the opening-round lead at Big Cedar Lodge. Funk and Sluman, who won the tournament in 2014, birdied five of their first six holes on the par-3 Top of the Rock course while playing modified alternate shot and closed with five more birdies on the back nine in a four-ball format. Davis Love III and Scott Verplank birdied their final four holes to finish at 6 under and in a tie for second place along with Fred Couples and Jay Haas. Love and Verplank did so despite a pair of bogeys on their opening nine holes, while Couples and Haas birdied the 18th to reach 6 under. Six teams finished five shots back of the leaders at 5 under.

Associated Press