TROON, Scotland — John Cook took a one-stroke lead in the Senior British Open on Saturday, shooting a 4-under-par 67 to capitalize on the mid-round collapse of fellow American Bruce Vaughan.
Vaughan birdied the par-3 eighth to take a three-shot lead at 7-under, but then bogeyed four straight and Cook rolled in a 4-foot birdie at 13 for a two-stroke lead.
The 50-year-old Cook, who was runner-up to Nick Faldo at the British Open at Muirfield 16 years ago, goes into today’s final round at 6-under 207, leading Vaughan by one shot as he chases his first major on the Seniors tour.
“It’s not that it would redeem (1992), but it would certainly help in my way,” Cook said. “I won 11 times on Tour, and that’s not bad. I didn’t capture a major, unfortunately. . . . I feel incomplete without having a major.”
Vaughan came back with a birdie at No. 18 for a 69 and was one stroke ahead of Eduardo Romero, who had a 68.
The Senior tour comes to the Broadmoor next week for the U.S. Senior Open.
• Angela Park birdied the final three holes for a 4-under 68 to keep a one-shot lead after the third round of the Evian Masters in Evian-les-bains, France.
The 19-year-old Park, who has dual Brazilian and American citizenship, had a total of 14-under 202. Taiwan-born Candie Kung, who also has U.S. citizenship, was one shot back after a 67.
Juli Inkster of the United States, the 2003 champion, was third at 11-under after a 69, her third straight sub-70 round.
• Anthony Kim made nine birdies and an eagle in 21 holes at the Canadian Open in Oakville, Ontario, for a share of the lead with Chez Reavie during the suspended third round at rain-softened Glen Abbey.
Dixon gets fifth win.
Scott Dixon took another big step toward a second IndyCar championship, holding off Helio Castroneves, his closest pursuer, for a victory in the Rexall Indy in Edmonton, Alberta.
Castroneves, still looking for his first win of the season, kept the pressure on Dixon lap after lap on the temporary airport circuit. But Castroneves nearly slid off course on worn-out tires six laps from the end, allowing the New Zealander to cruise to his fifth win of the season.
• Two-time defending NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson won the pole at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Johnson ran a lap at 181.763 mph in his Chevrolet to win his first pole at Indianapolis in seven previous tries. He bested Mark Martin, who guaranteed in June that he’d win the race.
Footnotes.
Regena Jackson, a leading scorer on the Louisiana-Monroe women’s basketball team last season, was arrested for firing a gun from an apartment balcony in Monroe, La., a university spokeswoman said, and was expelled from school.
Nobody was hurt, and university police were called after Jackson threatened several students and staffers and fired one shot into the air.
• The United States upset five- time defending champion and host Brazil 25-23, 25-22, 27-25 to reach a World League volleyball final against Serbia.
