IRVING, Texas — Adam Scott again topped the leaderboard at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship. His solid finish Saturday, and Kevin Sutherland’s bad one, made sure that happened.
Scott, at No. 10 in the world the highest-ranked player in the field, overcame two front-nine bogeys and shot a 3-under-par 67 on Saturday to get to 8-under 202.
The Australian birdied two of the last three holes, including a 3 1/2-footer at the 18th. That put him three strokes ahead of a quartet of players — Sutherland (67), Bart Bryant (67), Charley Hoffman (68) and Ryan Moore (68).
Sutherland, whose only PGA Tour victory came six years ago, was at 7-under with a one-stroke lead over Scott until bogeys on the final two holes.
Sorenstam leads Creamer
AVENTURA, Fla. — Annika Sorenstam struggled with her putting, yet shot a 1-under 70 to take a one-shot lead over Paula Creamer after three rounds of the Stanford International Pro-Am.
Sorenstam, seeking her 71st LPGA Tour victory, has won five straight events when she’s taken a one-shot lead into the final round.
• Tom Watson and Andy North combined for a better-ball 62 at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf in Savannah, Ga., for a 23-under 121 total and a four-stroke lead heading into the final round.
• Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke shot a 5-under 67 in the third round to take a one-stroke lead at the Asian Open in Shanghai, China.
Federer-Nadal final is set
MONTE CARLO, Monaco — Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet in the Monte Carlo Masters final for the third straight year.
Federer advanced when third- seeded Novak Djokovic retired while trailing 6-3, 3-2. Nadal beat Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 6-2.
• Two Russian stars easily won their singles matches against a depleted U.S. team to take a 2-0 lead in the Fed Cup semifinal in Moscow. Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Ahsha Rolle 6-2, 6-1, and Anna Chakvetadze defeated Vania King 6-4, 7-5 on indoor clay.
In the other semifinal, Spain took a 2-0 lead over China in Beijing.
Dawkins takes over at Stanford.
Johnny Dawkins, a longtime assistant coach at Duke, has been hired as Stanford’s new men’s basketball coach. The 44-year-old Dawkins was an All-American at Duke and has been on the coaching staff there since the 1997-98 season.
• Memphis coach John Calipari signed a contract extension through the 2012-13 season that includes an annual raise of $500,000 and a $5 million bonus if he stays through the end of the contract.
• North Carolina sixth man Danny Green declared for the NBA draft but will not hire an agent.
Footnotes.
Belarus’ Kanstantin Sivtsov, competing in the United States for the first time, pedaled to a surprising mountain-stage victory in Brasstown Bald Mountain, Ga., and became the fourth overall leader in the Tour de Georgia.
• Former Olympians Mariel Zagunis and Keeth Smart were among the fencers selected to the U.S. team, that will compete in Beijing this summer.
