FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - David Toms, Hideki Matsuyama, Chad Campbell and Chris Stroud shared the third-round lead at 7-under 203 on Saturday at Colonial, where plenty of others also are in contention.
There were 13 players within two strokes of the leading quartet.
The closest chasers include Adam Scott, the No. 1 player in the world, and Jimmy Walker, a three-time winner this season and No. 1 in the FedEx Cup standings.
Kevin Chappell, whose early 7-under 63 was the low round of the day, moved from a tie for 60th to within one stroke of the lead.
Matsuyama, the 22-year-old from Japan with five wins at home, shot a bogey-free 64. Toms, who got the last of his 13 PGA Tour victories at Colonial in 2011, had a 65, local resident Campbell shot a 68, and Stroud had a 69. Walker was 6 under after a 69, and Scott was another stroke back after a 66.
SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Colin Montgomerie took the third-round lead in the Senior PGA Championship, making a winding, 30-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a 3-under 68.
Trying to win his first senior major after failing to capture one of golf’s four biggest events on the regular tours, the 51-year-old Scot took a 7-under 206 total into the final round at Harbor Shores.
Bernhard Langer, the 56-year-old German star who has won twice this season on the Champions Tour, was a stroke back after a 70. He will play alongside Montgomerie for the fourth consecutive round Sunday.
Marco Dawson, Bart Bryant and Kiyoshi Murota were tied for third at 5 under. Dawson had a 64, the best round of the tournament. Bryant and Murota shot 70.
Tom Watson, among the six-way tie for first through 36 holes, had a 72 to drop four shots behind.
AIRBUS LPGA CLASSIC
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Anna Nordqvist moved into position for her third victory of the year, shooting her second straight 6-under 66 to take the third-round lead in the Airbus LPGA Classic.
The 26-year-old Swede, the winner in Thailand and Carlsbad, had a 16-under 200 total on The Crossings course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail’s Magnolia Grove complex.
Catriona Matthew, the 44-year-old Scot who led after each of the first two days, was a stroke back after a 70. She bogeyed three of the first five holes to drop to 10 under, then birdied five of the last 15.
Second-ranked Stacy Lewis, the 2012 champion who needs to finish solo third or higher to take the top spot in the world from Inbee Park, was third after a 66. Park missed the cut Friday.
Michelle Wie, Jessica Korda and 18-year-old Charley Hull were tied for fourth at 13 under. Wie shot 66, Korda 69, and Hull 71.
BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) - Thomas Bjorn birdied seven of his last eight holes to take a five-stroke lead after the third round of the BMW PGA Championship.
The 43-year-old Dane fought back from a double bogey on the first hole by making six straight birdies from the 11th and adding another one at the last for a 5-under 67 and a 15-under 201 total at Wentworth.
England’s Luke Donald, the 2011 and 2012 winner, was second after a 68.
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