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MONTREAL (AP) — Jim Furyk moved into position for his third Canadian Open victory, shooting a 5-under 65 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead at Royal Montreal.
The 44-year-old Furyk, the 2006 winner at Hamilton and 2007 champion at Angus Glen, had a 15-under 195 total after opening with rounds of 67 and 63. He won the last of his 16 PGA Tour titles in 2010.
Coming off a final-round 65 in a fourth-place finish last week in the British Open last Sunday, Furyk has had only one bogey — on the fourth hole of the first round — at Royal Montreal. He leads the field in greens in regulation, hitting 45 of 54 greens, and his tied for third in fairways hit at 33 of 42.
South Africa's Tim Clark was second after a 64 on the tree-lined Blue Course.
Kyle Stanley had a 68 to reach 10 under, and Jamie Lovemark was another stroke back after a 67. Graham DeLaet, trying to become the first Canadian winner in 60 years, was tied for fifth at 8 under after a 70.
INTERNATIONAL CROWN
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Inbee Park and So Yeon Ryu both birdied the first playoff hole and South Korea eliminated the top-seeded United States and earned a wild-card berth in the International Crown finale.
The South Koreans will join Spain, Thailand, Japan and Sweden on Sunday in a duel for title.
After the American team of Cristie Kerr and Lexi Thompson beat sisters Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn 3 and 2 in better-ball play, Thailand's Pornanong Phatlum and Onnarin Sattayabanphot edged the team of Paula Creamer and Stacy Lewis 1-up to leave the U.S. in third place in Pool A.
South Korea, the third-place finisher in Pool B, called upon Park and Ryu to face Kerr and Thompson in a wild-card playoff on the par-5 16th hole.
Spain won Pool A with seven points, earning the tiebreaker over Thailand, which also had seven points. The U.S. had six points and Taiwan finished with four.
Japan split with South Korea on Saturday to emerge atop Pool B with eight points, and Sweden swept Australia to finish with seven points. South Korea had six points and the Aussies had three.
Points accumulated over the first three days carry over to Sunday's final round, when each country plays one singles match against every other country.
SENIOR BRITISH OPEN
BRIDGEND, Wales (AP) — Bernhard Langer stretched his lead to eight strokes in the Senior British Open, shooting a 3-under 68 at Royal Porthcawl to reach 14-under 199.
The 56-year-old German matched the Champions Tour record for the largest 54-hole lead in a 72-hole event set by Jack Nicklaus in the 1991 Senior PGA. At 14 under, Lander also tied the tournament 54-hole record set by Carl Mason at 14-under 196 in 2003 at Turnberry.
Langer won the 2010 tournament at Carnoustie and lost in a playoff last year at Royal Birkdale. He won the Senior Players Championship last month for his third senior major victory and has three Champions Tour wins this year to push his career total to 21.
Canada's Rick Gibson was second after a 66. American Bob Tway was 5 under after a 66.
MIDWEST CLASSIC
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Jarrod Lyle shot a 3-under 68 in the Web.com Tour's Midwest Classic, leaving the Australian 11 strokes behind Zack Sucher in his first U.S. event since his second bout with leukemia
The 32-year-old Lyle was tied for 23rd at 9-under 204 at Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate. He eagled the par-4 18th for a back-nine 31. When Lyle returns to the PGA Tour in October, he will have 20 events to earn $283,825 and reach the equivalent of No. 125 on the money list in 2012, the year he suffered a recurrence.
Sucher shot a 64, making eight birdies in a 10-hole stretch. He was 20 under.
Former Kansas State player Aaron Watkins was second at 17 under after a 64.
Tom Hoge matched the course record with a 60 to move into a tie for fifth at 12 under.
U.S. JUNIOR AMATEUR
THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — William Zalatoris won the U.S. Junior Amateur, beating Davis Riley 5 and 3 in the 36-hole final at The Club at Carlton Woods.
The 17-year-old Zalatoris, from Plano, holed out from 119 yards for eagle on the 32nd hole — the par-4 14th on the Nicklaus Course — to take a 4-up lead and ended the match with a par win on the 33rd hole.
The 17-year-old Riley, from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, finished second for the second straight year. Last year, he fell 3 and 2 to Scottie Scheffler at Martis Camp in Truckee, California.
Zalatoris, a rising Wake Forest freshman, was making his record-tying fifth appearance in the event.
Riley is set to play at Alabama.
U.S. GIRLS' JUNIOR
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Princess Mary Superal won the U.S. Girls' Junior to become the first Filipino winner in U.S. Golf Association play, beating Mexico's Marijosse Navarro on the 37th hole.
The 17-year-old Superal won the par-5 36th hole with a birdie to pull even and ended the match with a par on the first extra hole — the par-5 14th on Forest Highlands — after Navarro drove into the water.
The 17-year-old Navarro rallied to square the match with birdie wins on the 32nd and 33rd holes and took a 1-up lead with a par win on the 35th. A three-time Women's Mexican Amateur champion, she was sixth this year for Texas A&M in the NCAA tournament.
RUSSIAN OPEN
MOSCOW (AP) — Scotland's Peter Whiteford shot a 6-under 66 in windy conditions for a share of the third-round lead with England's David Horsey in the Russian Open.
Horsey had a 70 match Whiteford at 13-under 203 at Tseleevo Golf and Polo Club.
Italy's Andrea Pavan, Scotland's Scott Jamieson and Belgium's Thomas Pieters were tied for third at 9 under. Pavan shot 64, Jamieson 69, and Pieters 72.
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