LEMONT, Ill. — Ryan Moore has never had a better chance to accomplish so much.
With a 5-under-par 66 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead in the BMW Championship, he is in great shape to reach the Tour Championship for the first time. That would mean a shot at the $10 million FedEx Cup bonus and exemptions to the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open.
All he cares about is the trophy being handed out today.
“Just like any golf tournament, I came here to win,” Moore said.
Moore was at 8-under 205 and had a one-shot lead over Dustin Johnson (68), Charlie Wi (70) and FedEx Cup leader Matt Kuchar (70).
The main attraction today figures to be well down the leaderboard. Tiger Woods had a 68, his first time under par at Cog Hill this week but not enough to help his cause of advancing in the FedEx Cup playoffs. He was eight shots back and will be paired for the first time this year with Phil Mickelson, who had a 70.
• Michelle Wie shot a 7-under 64 — playing her first nine holes in 7-under 28 — to take the second- round lead in the Northwest Arkansas Championship in Rogers, Ark.
Wie, trying for her second consecutive victory, had the lowest nine-hole score on the LPGA Tour this year. She finished at 10-under, three strokes ahead of Juli Inkster (66), Yani Tseng (68) and Na Yeon Choi (68).
• Fred Funk shot a 5-under 67 to take the second-round lead at the rain-soaked Champions Tour’s Posco E&C Songdo Championship in Incheon, South Korea.
• PGA Championship winner Martin Kaymer shot a 4-under 66 and had a one-shot lead after the third round of the KLM Open in Hilversum, Netherlands.
NHLPA: Fehr closing in on being executive director
TORONTO — Donald Fehr is a step closer to becoming the NHL Players’ Association’s executive director.
The union said it has accepted the recommendation of its search committee and will put Fehr’s name to a vote among its membership.
Players are expected to vote following individual team meetings during training camp later this month.
The collective bargaining agreement between the NHLPA and the league is set to expire in September 2012.
Footnotes.
Overall leader Igor Anton was forced to abandon the Spanish Vuelta after a crash near the end of the mountainous 14th stage won by Joaquin Rodriguez of Spain in Pena Cabarga, Spain.
• Fernando Alonso marked his Italian Grand Prix debut for Ferrari by taking the pole position for the Formula One race in Monza.
The two-time world champion from Spain set the pace with a lap of 1 minute, 21.962 seconds for his 19th career pole.
• Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KOs), the IBF and WBO heavyweight champion, stopped former title-holder Samuel Peter (34-4) in the 10th round in Frankfurt, Germany.
