CROMWELL, Conn. — Paul Goydos birdied five holes on the back nine Saturday and held a one-stroke lead over Kenny Perry after the third round of the Travelers Championship.
Goydos’ 28-foot putt from off the green on the 16th highlighted a third-round 63, tying Hunter Mahan for the best round of the day.
Perry, who led after each of the first two rounds, had a seemingly comfortable three-stroke lead after birdies on 11 and 12.
But he dropped a stroke on the 14th, and Goydos took advantage, making four straight birdies starting on the par-5 13th.
After a rain delay of just over an hour, both golfers parred in.
Perry missed a 5-foot birdie try on 18 that would have given him a share of the lead just minutes after Goydos misread the break on a 10-footer.
“When it gets dark, I don’t see very good, I never have, and I complain every time,” Perry said. “I can’t see the lines when it gets dark, and that’s just the way it was.”
David Toms shot a 66 and was in third place. Toms didn’t make his first bogey of the tournament until Saturday on the par-4 10th hole, when he missed a 5-foot par putt. It was his only bogey of the round and ended a streak of 45 straight holes at par or better.
Shin extends lead
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Jiyai Shin shot a 5-under 67 to extend her lead to four strokes at the Wegmans LPGA.
Morgan Pressel, a two-time winner whose season-best finish was a tie for seventh in April, shot a 70 and was in second place four strokes back. That was one better than rookie Stacy Lewis.
Funk leads by t
ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Fred Funk shot a 7-under 65 to take a three-stroke lead after the second round at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open.
Funk began the day with a two-shot lead and continued his stellar play to move to a 36-hole total of 129.
Goosen leads Langer
MUNICH — Retief Goosen of South Africa shot a 5-under 67 and led by two strokes after the third round of the BMW International Open.
Germany’s Bernhard Langer, seven weeks short of his 52nd birthday, was in second place after shooting a 65.
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