Keegan Bradley overcame consecutive bogeys early and bogeyed No. 18 for the third round in a row yesterday to finish with a 2-under 68 that kept him in the lead at the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas.
Bradley’s 13-under 197 total gave him a one-stroke lead over Sang-Moon Bae, who had his third consecutive 66. Tom Gillis was two strokes back after a 67.
Bradley will be trying to win at TPC Four Seasons for the second time in three years. He could also become the Nelson’s first wire-to-wire winner since Tom Watson in 1980.
* In Kavarna, Bulgaria, Graeme McDowell reached the Volvo World Match Play Championship semifinals with a victory over Nicolas Colsaerts, the defending champ who took a penalty drop inside a restroom.
Colsaerts had the most memorable moment of the day when his tee shot on the short par-4 10th flew into a hazard behind a public restroom in a brick building close to the green. Because of where the ball crossed the hazard line, tournament officials ruled that the penalty drop must be made within the restroom itself, leading to a comical moment that had Colsaerts, his caddie and rules officials all laughing. Because it considered an immovable obstruction he was then given free relief to play from outside, and saved par to halve the hole.
* In Mobile, Ala., Chella Choi shot a 6-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Jessica Korda and Anna Nordqvist in the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic.
* In Santo Antonio da Serra, Portugal, Mark Tullo of Chile shot a 4-under 68 to take a one-shot lead after the third round of the Madeira Islands Open.