Fiji's Vijay Singh stayed steady on another windy day on the Kapalua Plantation course on Saturday, opening a three-shot lead after three rounds of the US PGA Tour season-opening Mercedes Championship.
Singh carded five birdies with two bogeys to shoot a three-under-par 70. That gave him a 54-hole total of 11-under 208, three shots in front of Australian Adam Scott and South African Trevor Immelman.
Scott warmed up on the back nine en route to a 69 while Immelman, tied for a second a shot behind Singh to start the round, carded a 72. Will MacKenzie (73) and J.B. Holmes (71) of the US were four shots back.
Three-time defending champion Stuart Appleby's quest for a "four-peat" all but disappeared as he carded a 72 to fall nine adrift on 217.
Singh never has won the PGA Tour's season-opening event, but has posted top-10 finishes in his past seven starts.
Singh said his knowledge of the mountainside course helped a lot on Saturday.
"I just scrambled a lot," he said. "I knew where the grain was on the green. You remember the breaks, how quick they are, and that's all helpful at the end of the day."
Scott surged into contention with five birdies in the last seven holes.
"It was frustrating early because it felt like all my good shots came up short or ended up in a bunker just off the green," Scott said. "But not too much damage and then I just got hot coming in."
Scott, ranked fourth in the world, has a chance to start the new season as he ended the last one: with a victory.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen go into today’s match at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim stung from their first league defeat in 16 months. Leverkusen were beaten 3-2 at home by RB Leipzig before the international break, the first loss since May last year for the reigning league and cup champions. While any defeat, particularly against a likely title rival, would have disappointed coach Xabi Alonso, the way in which it happened would be most concerning. Just as they did in the Supercup against VfB Stuttgart and in the league opener to Borussia Moenchengladbach, Leverkusen scored first, but were pegged back. However, while Leverkusen rallied late to
The lights dimmed and the crowd hushed as Karoline Kristensen entered for her performance. However, this was no ordinary Dutch theater: The temperature was 80°C and the audience naked apart from a towel. Dressed in a swimsuit and to the tune of emotional music, the 21-year-old Kristensen started her routine, performed inside a large sauna, with a bed of hot rocks in the middle. For a week this month, a group of wellness practitioners, called “sauna masters,” are gathering at a picturesque health resort in the Netherlands to compete in this year’s Aufguss world sauna championships. The practice takes its name from a
Japanese players are moving to English soccer in record numbers and more look set to follow with clubs attracted by their quality, strong work ethic and value for money. Kaoru Mitoma is the standout talent of five Japanese players in the English Premier League, with eight more in the Championship and two in League One. Liverpool midfielder Wataru Endo, the captain of Japan, believes his compatriots are “being held in higher esteem” by English clubs compared with the past. “The staff at Liverpool ask me about lots of Japanese players, not necessarily with a view to a transfer, but just saying this or
Taiwan yesterday survived Bosnia and Herzegovina to win their Davis Cup World Group I tie at the Taipei Tennis Center. The tight series started on Saturday with world No. 123 Jason Tseng losing 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 to Mirza Basic in the opening singles matchup. However, teammate Tony Wu kept the tie even, dominating world No. 86 Damir Dzumhur 6-2, 6-1. Yesterday, 24-year-old Ray Ho and partner 25-year-old Hsu Yu-hsiou kept up the momentum, making short work of Basic and Nerman Fatic, winning 6-3, 6-4. Tseng then suffered another defeat, losing 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 to Dzumhur in a brutal match that lasted more than two