NEW ORLEANS — Jerry Kelly shot a bogey-free 3-under-par 69 on Saturday to increase his lead to three strokes at the Zurich Classic.
Kelly, a 42-year-old who won his two PGA Tour titles in 2002, made two birdies on the front nine, one on the back, a steady round that kept him front of the surging, then slipping players chasing him.
Steve Marino (68) made the biggest move of the day, using eight birdies to offset two bogeys and a double bogey that got him to 10-under and in sole possession of second place.
Five players — Rod Pampling (68), Aaron Watkins (69), Charles Howell III (70), John Rollins (71) and Charlie Wi (71) — were tied for third at 9-under.
Ochoa leads by a stroke
MORELIA, Mexico — Defending champion Lorena Ochoa shot a 4-under 69 to take a one-stroke lead over Norway’s Suzann Pettersen (67) into the final round of the LPGA Tour’s Corona Championship.
Ochoa, who also won the 2006 tournament, had a 20-under 199 total.
Footnotes.
Loren Roberts and Mark Wiebe reeled off five birdies and an eagle over the final nine holes for a better-ball 61 and 125 total, a stroke ahead of John Cook and Joey Sindelar (63) at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf in Savannah, Ga.
• Robert-Jan Derksen of the Netherlands struggled to a 3-over-par 75, but still held a two-stroke lead after the third round of the Ballantine’s Championship in Jeju Island, South Korea.
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