– Si Woo Kim shot 6-under-par 64 to maintain his lead after the third round of the Wyndham Championship on Saturday at Sedgefield Country Club, but Jim Furyk is among the golfers in pursuit. But as a result of his good form in several events on the Web.Com Tour he gets the chance to play both the finals and the one remaining event on the Web.Com Tour this coming week.
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USA teammate Rickie Fowler was tied for 25th at 8 under after a 68.
“I aggressively played. I already made top 125 (in tour rankings), feel confidence so I don’t have any fear to attacking the pin”, he told reporters about having already retained his tour card and qualified for the FedExCup.
FRENCH LICK, Ind. – Trish Johnson beat Juli Inkster with a par on the sixth hole of a playoff in The Legends Championship, the senior tour of the LPGA.
Donald scrambled to save par on 18 for a 64.
Carlson, from Hamilton, Mich., beat IL junior Dylan Meyer of Evansville, Ind., 3 and 1, taking the lead with a birdie chip-in on the par-4 14th that he celebrated with a running, double fight pump.
The Wyndham, contested in Greensboro, N.C., marks the end of the PGA Tour’s “regular season”.
Davis Love III, the tournament victor previous year at age 51, is sidelined following hip surgery. He will likely have a few more chances to impress captain Davis Love III as Love doesn’t have to make his final captain’s pick until the end of September. The final pick comes two weeks later after the Tour Championship.
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – Curtis Luck won eight consecutive holes shortly after the midway point of the U.S. Amateur final, and the Australian beat Brad Dalke, 6 and 4, to become the third global champion in four years.
Carlson will face 20-year-old Australian Curtis Luck, a 2-up victor over Pepperdine sophomore Sahith Theegala of Chino Hills, Calif. Dalke defeated Jonah Texeira 3 and 2. Luck needed only a bogey to take that hole and square the match.
In a close contest with defending champion Thomas Pieters of Belgium, Peterson took the decisive lead when he birdied the par-3 16th hole after a superb tee shot for a total 15-under 273 at the Albatross Golf Resort near Prague. The FedExCup Playoffs begin next week at The Barclays.
When play resumed 81 minutes later, Kim parred the 17th before rattling in a 15-footer at the last to complete an emphatic victory.
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In the final round, the Korean looked cool and composed, and made birdie on the first hole to get off on the right foot.
