SAN DIEGO — Kyle Stanley overpowered Torrey Pines and opened a five-shot lead Saturday at the PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open.
Stanley missed a 4-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole that would have set the 54-hole tournament record. He settled for a 4-under-par 68, a spot in the record book with Tiger Woods and in great position as he goes after his first tour win today.
He was at 18-under 198, matching the record set by Woods in 1998. John Huh, a PGA Tour rookie out of Q-school, also had a 68 and was at 13-under 203, along with John Rollins.
FedEx Cup champion Bill Haas (70) and Sang-Moon Bae (72) were another shot behind. Bae was 5-over through five holes until he ran off four straight birdies to start the back nine to get his name back on the leaderboard.
Bears name Emery new GM
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears hired Kansas City Chiefs director of college scouting Phil Emery as their new general manager.
Emery was an area scout for the Bears from 1998-2004 and replaces Jerry Angelo, who was fired after an 8-8 season.
Emery has one mandate from president Ted Phillips: Close the talent gap with Green Bay and Detroit in the NFC North. Another criterion was to be able to work well with coach Lovie Smith, an area where Emery was thought to have the edge because of his previous ties with the Bears.
• San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith, who had 14 sacks this season as a rookie, was charged with driving under the influence in Miami.
North wins Senior Bowl
MOBILE, Ala. — Michigan State’s Kirk Cousins and Wisconsin’s Russell Wilson threw touchdown passes to lead the North to a 23-13 victory over the South in the Senior Bowl.
Purdue kicker Carson Wiggs put it away with his third short field goal, a 28-yarder with 4:11 left in the showcase for senior NFL prospects. Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore led the clinching 13-play drive that consumed 8:36 with the help of a running clock.
Kearney’s roll continues
CALGARY, Alberta — American Hannah Kearney won her 12th consecutive World Cup women’s freestyle moguls event, and Canadian Mikael Kingsbury took his fifth straight men’s victory.
Kearney, the Olympic champion, finished with 24.82 points. Canada’s Justine Dufour-Lapointe was second at 23.11, and American KC Oakley third at 22.06. Kingsbury had 24.30 points to edge Americans Jeremy Cota (23.94) and Sho Kashima (5.23).
• Canadian speedskater Christine Nesbitt broke the world record in the 1,000 meters at the world sprint championship in Calgary.
• Italian Carolina Kostner had a flawless free skate in Sheffield, England, to win her fourth women’s title in the European figure skating championships.
Footnotes
U.S. Davis Cup captain Jim Courier selected teenager Ryan Harrison to the four-man squad that will play Switzerland next month in the first round. The 19-year-old Harrison joins Mardy Fish, John Isner and Mike Bryan on the team that will play in Fribourg, Switzerland, from Feb. 10-12.
• The NBA suspended Milwaukee Bucks guard-forward Stephen Jackson one game for verbal abuse of an official and failure to leave the court in a timely manner in Friday night’s loss at Chicago.
