CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — Bernhard Langer took a three-shot lead at the Senior British Open after shooting a 2-under-par 69 in the third round at Carnoustie on Saturday.
Langer began the day as a co-leader along with Corey Pavin at 4-under, but the American Ryder Cup team captain made three bogeys in a 1-over round of 72.
Wilson cruising in Canada
TORONTO — Dean Wilson shot his third straight 5-under 65 to take a four-stroke lead over record-setting Carl Pettersson, Tim Clark (69) and Bob Estes (66) in the Canadian Open, pulling away with three straight birdies at St. George’s Golf & Country Club.
Before Wilson and Clark teed off, Pettersson shot a 10-under 60 to break the tournament record, missing a 59 when his 30-foot birdie putt grazed the left edge on the difficult par-4 18th.
Footnotes.
Morgan Pressel is in front by two strokes after three rounds of the Evian Masters in Evian- Les-Bains, France. The American eagled the final hole in a round of 5-under 67 to move to 11-under. She is followed by South Koreans Jiyai Shin and Jeong Jang.
• K.J. Choi (71) of South Korea and Richard Johnson (70) of Sweden share the lead (10-under 206) at the Scandinavian Masters in Stockholm.
• Fourteen-year-old Jim Liu of Smithtown, N.Y., beat Justin Thomas of Goshen, Ky., 4 and 2 in Ada, Mich., to become the youngest U.S. Junior Amateur champion.
