Jordan Spieth shot a 3-under 67 yesterday at the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, putting the 16-year-old from Dallas within striking distance of the lead heading into the final round.
Spieth is at 6-under 204 in his PGA Tour debut, tied for seventh and only six shots behind leader Jason Day. The teenager on Friday became the sixth-youngest player to make a cut.
EUROPEAN TOUR
England’s Chris Wood shot a 4-under 67 to take a two-shot lead over Robert Karlsson, who had a course-record 62 in the third round of the BMW PGA Championship in Wentworth, England.
Karlsson finished at 6-under 207, despite a quick turn-around from his home in Monaco after he thought he’d missed the cut.
NATIONWIDE TOUR
John Riegger shot an 8-under 63 to take a five-shot lead after the third round of the Rex Hospital Open, while high school sophomore Grayson Murray shot a 72 and fell off the pace to 2-under at the Nationwide Tour event in Raleigh, N.C.