Vijay Singh still leads the Buick Open
GRAND BLANC, Mich., July 30 (UPI) -- Vijay Singh fired a nine-under 63 in the third round Saturday at the Buick Open.
Singh stands at 22-under-par 194, which tied the 54-hole scoring record that Kenny Perry set in 2001.
He has a 5-shot edge over Zach Johnson, who climbed into second place at 17-under-par 199 after a third-round, seven-under 65. He is seven strokes ahead of Masters runner-up Chris DiMarco, who shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday to get to 15-under 201.
Tiger Woods shot a 2-under 70 and is eight shots behind Singh at 14-under-par 202. Woods was joined there by John Deere winner Sean O'Hair (66) and Chrysler Classic champion Geoff Ogilvy (65).
Olin Browne shot 8-under 64 to move to 13-under-par 203. He was joined in a tie for seventh by Jason Bohn (69) and Steve Lowery (68).
Jang holds on to lead at Southport
SOUTHPORT, England, July 30 (UPI) -- Jeong Jang shot a 3-under 69 Saturday to extend her lead through three rounds of the Women's British Open.
She stands at 13-under-par 203, five strokes better than Annika Sorenstam and Cristie Kerr.
Jang held a four-shot lead to start Saturday's third round.
Sorenstam, who is looking for her third major championship of the year, fired a 6-under 66 and Kerr, who has yet to win a major, shot 3-under 69. The two are tied at minus-eight.
Amateur Michelle Wie carded a 5-under 67 and is tied for fourth with 18-year-old Paula Creamer (65), Sophie Gustafson (67), Young Kim (67) and Liselotte Neumann (68), who all stand at 7-under-par 209.
Palmer ends his major career
KETTERING, Ohio, July 30 (UPI) -- Arnold Palmer announced the end of his major career after shooting a second-round, 10-over-par 81 Friday at the U.S. Senior Open near Dayton, Ohio.
Palmer -- who missed the 36-hole cut by a wide margin at 24-over-par 166 -- told reporters: "As far as trying to compete in a major championship such as the Open and other tournaments, this is it. I'm through doing that. I will not be doing it anymore."
Palmer drove into trouble at the last hole and was forced to pitch into the fairway. He hit a six-iron to seven feet, but missed the par putt.
The galleries ignored it, giving the seven-time major winner and five-time Champions Tour major winner a standing ovation lasting several minutes.
"It's not fun when you play as poorly as I'm playing, and of course, as you see, my tournaments are really getting down to the very few," said Palmer, who collected 62 PGA Tour titles and 10 more on the elder circuit.
He hasn't won any tournament since the 1988 Crestar Classic on the Champions Tour. He stopped playing PGA Tour majors more than a year ago when he walked away from the Masters.
Coria, Moya advance to Umag final
UMAG, Croatia, July 30 (UPI) -- Guillermo Coria will meet Carlos Moya in the final round of the clay-court Croatia Open.
Coria, from Argentina, is the No. 2 seed. He beat No. 8 Filippo Volandri of Italy, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Moya, from Spain and a four-time champion of this event, topped No. 5 Jiri Novak of Czechoslovakia, 6-4, 6-4.
Volandri was seeking his third straight trip to the final.
Moya, a former world No. 1, won here in 1996 as well as 2001-2003. Coria was the 2004 French Open runner-up.
The final is scheduled for Sunday in Umag.
