PARAMUS, N.J. — For the third time this season, PGA Tour rookie Kevin Streelman has popped up on the national golf stage.
The previous two appearances were cameos. But as the third- round leader of The Barclays, the first of four $7 million events comprising the season-ending FedEx Cup playoffs, Streelman is auditioning for a starring role after Saturday’s round.
While overnight leader Steve Stricker struggled to a 77 that featured a triple in a calamitous back-nine 43, Streelman shot a 68 that put him at 8-under 205.
Streelman is one stroke ahead of the formidable foursome of Vijay Singh (66), Mike Weir (67) and Paul Casey and Sergio García, who each shot 69.
Earlier this season, Streelman, ranked No. 102 in the FedEx Cup points and No. 209 in the world rankings, played his way into a third-round threesome with Tiger Woods at the Buick Invitational in January and shared the first-round lead at the U.S. Open in June.
• Danny Lee moved within one victory of supplanting Woods as the youngest champion in U.S. Amateur history.
Lee, 18, defeated Patrick Reed 3 and 2 and will play Florida State sophomore Drew Kittleson, a 4-and-2 winner over Georgia senior Adam Mitchell, in today’s 36-hole final in Pinehurst, N.C.
• Helen Alfredsson shot a 67 to take a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Safeway Classic in Portland, Ore.
• Scott Simpson matched the lowest round of the tournament with a 6-under 66to take a two-shot lead at the Boeing Classic in Snoqual- mie, Wash.
• Ryder Cup contender Darren Clarke shot a 4-under 66 to take a three-stroke lead over Henrik Stenson at the KLM Open in Zandvoort, Netherlands.
Crew’s Schelotto has big night
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Guillermo Barros Schelotto scored and had two assists for Columbus in the Crew’s 3-0 win over Real Salt Lake.
• Chad Barrett scored a goal and Toronto FC earned a 1-1 tie against the league-leading New England Revolution.
• Jimmy Conrad scored out of a loose-ball scramble in second-half stoppage time, giving the Kansas City Wizards a 1-1 draw with FC Dallas.
• The San Jose Earthquakes and CD Chivas USA played to a 0-0 tie.
Wozniacki, Cilic prevail
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Unseeded Caroline Wozniacki won her second title this month, beating top-seeded Anna Chakvetadze 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the final of the Pilot Pen, a U.S. Open tuneup in New Haven, Conn.
In the men’s final, Marin Cilic won his first ATP Tour event, beating Mardy Fish 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
Footnotes.
Colonel John edged Mambo in Seattle in a photo finish to win the $1 million Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
• University of Miami quarterback Robert Marve has been suspended for the season opener against Charleston Southern for an incident stemming from last year.
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