HONOLULU — Tadd Fujikawa delivered the best round of his life playing before a hometown gallery Saturday at the Sony Open, making birdies on half of his holes for an 8-under-par 62 that left him two shots out of the lead.
Zach Johnson had a bogey-free round for a 66 and finished atop a leaderboard so crowded that a dozen players were separated by three shots, giving just about anyone a chance to win — even Fujikawa, a 5-foot-1, 18-year-old high school senior.
“Two years ago, I just went out there to have fun,” said Fujikawa, who tied for 20th as a 16-year-old. “This year, I’m out there to win.”
Johnson was at 10-under 200, one shot ahead of David Toms (65), Shigeki Maruyama (68), Brian Gay (68) and Nathan Green (69). Fujikawa was tied for sixth, two shots behind.
• Paul Casey shot a 9-under 63 to take a four-shot lead at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in the United Arab Emirates after the third round.
Nalbandian tops Nieminen
SYDNEY, Australia — David Nalbandian overcame an inconsistent serve and a string of unforced errors to defeat Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 6-7 (9), 6-2 in the Sydney International final.
• Nicolas Kiefer, a semifinalist in the 2006 event, withdrew from the Australian Open that starts Monday in Melbourne because of an injury to his left ankle.
American speedskater wins 1,000
MOSCOW — Shani Davis of the United States won the 1,000 meters at the world sprint speedskating championships.
Lee Kyou-hyuk of South Korea won the 500. In the women’s competition, defending overall champion Jenny Wolf of Germany won the 500, and Margot Boer of the Netherlands won the 1,000.
Footnotes.
Magnus Moan of Norway edged Bjoern Kircheisen of Germany and Bill Demong of the U.S. to win a nordic combined individual start event at the Whistler (British Columbia) Olympic Park.
Johnny Spillane and Todd Lodwick, both of Steamboat Springs, were 11th and 12th, respectively.
• Italy’s Pietro Piller Cottrer won a men’s World Cup cross country race in Whistler. Poland’s Justyna Kowalczyk won the women’s 15K pursuit.
• Pierre Lueders and David Bissett of Canada completed a sweep of the two-man World Cup bobsled races in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
• Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria claimed his fifth World Cup ski jump victory of the season in Zakopane, Poland.
• Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway won his first World Cup biathlon event of the season, capturing the 10-kilometer sprint in Ruh- polding, Germany.
• Giniel de Villiers became the first South African to win the Dakar Rally, which was held in Argentina after the 2008 race was canceled because of fears of terrorist attacks in Mauritania.
• The Pamplemousse pulled away for a two-length victory in the $100,000 San Rafael Stakes in Arcadia, Calif., putting the 3-year-old into the Kentucky Derby picture.
