Tom Watson leads by four at Senior Players golf
TIMONIUM, Md., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Tom Watson increased his lead to four strokes Saturday with a course record-tying 6-under 64 at the Senior Players Championship.
Watson, trying to win this senior major for the first time, had his second straight bogey-free round and moved to 12-under 198 after three rounds.
"He put us pretty far back. I think we're going to have to go all-out tomorrow," said Loren Roberts, who was tied for second place after shooting a 65. John Cook (65) and Mark Wiebe (66) joined Roberts at 8-under 202 and Jay Haas (67) was at 203.
Phil Blackmar also had a 64 Saturday to move into a share of sixth place with Morris Hatalsky (66) at 205.
Watson and Blackmar tied the course record set by Tom McKnight in 2007 and matched by Jeff Sluman last year.
Davydenko, Verdasco win women's Malaysia semifinals
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- No. 1 Nikolay Davydenko and second-seeded Fernando Verdasco won Saturday's semifinals at the Malaysian Open tennis tournament at Kuala Lumpur.
The Russian rallied to down third-seeded Robin Soderling of Sweden 1-6, 7-6 (7-1), 6-2. Verdasco was a 6-4, 7-5 victor against fourth-seeded Fernando Gonzalez of Chile.
"I would love to win this tournament," Davydenko said on the Association of Tennis Professionals Web site. "I have the confidence to win, but every match is different."
Sunday's Verdasco-Davydenko winner earns a $154,000 champion's check.
"(Nikolay) has beaten me more times than I have beaten him, but I hope I can play my best tennis and win the title," Verdasco said.
Ochoa leads by 3 at Navistar LPGA Classic
PRATTVILLE, Ala., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Defending champion Lorena Ochoa shot a 6-under 66 Saturday to take the lead after the third round of the Navistar LPGA Classic.
Ochoa finished at 16-under 200 and is three strokes ahead of Sandra Gal, who also had a 66 on Saturday. Janice Moodie and Brittany Lang had 68s and are tied for third place at 12-under 204.
Alexis Thompson, the 14-year-old amateur who shared the second-round lead with Ochoa, had a 2-over 74 Saturday and fell into a tie for 13th place at 208. Thompson birdied her first hole Saturday to take the lead at 11-under par, but bogeyed No. 3 and double-bogeyed No. 6.
Logano wins Kansas Nationwide auto race
KANSAS CITY, Kan., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Joey Logano passed Kyle Busch with one lap left Saturday and won the Nationwide Kansas Lottery 300 at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan.
Logano's improbable victory followed his eerie crash last Sunday at the Sprint Cup AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway, when his car turned over eight times, but he escaped injury.
Logano led the race for only four laps to 173 for Busch.
Brad Keseloswki, Kevin Harvick and Greg Biffle completed the Top-5 finishers.
The unlucky Busch finished fourth at Dover after leading for 109 laps.
"It is frustrating," Busch said during a post-race interview. "I had the best car out there today, but unfortunately, I got beat by another driver."
Kuchar and Piercy share P_GA Turning Stone lead
VERONA, N.Y., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Scott Piercy and and Matt Kuchar shared a one-shot lead Saturday after the third round of the PGA Turning Stone Resort Championship.
Piercy had a 6-under 66 and Kuchar a 67 to enable the two to finish 54 holes at 14-under 202.
Rod Pampling (65) and tour rookie Leif Olson (68) share third place at minus-13. Nicholas Thompson had a 69-204 Saturday for fourth place. Second-round leader Vaughn Taylor (71) is tied for sixth place with Jonathan Byrd (67), Tim Petrovic (68) and Fredrik Jacobson (69) at 11-under 205.
Saturday's third round brought the best conditions so far this week after heavy overnight rain.
"Today, with these conditions, you could attack every pin," Kuchar said. "Even if you short-sided yourself, you could place the ball in the rough, have a beautiful lie and have a pretty good chip for birdie."
