Bohn leapfrogs field with 61, ties Molder, two others at top

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. -- Jason Bohn's main goal after barely making the cut at The Greenbrier Classic was to play well enough Saturday to get one of the later tee times for today's final round.

Sweet dreams.

Bohn shot a 9-under 61 Saturday and was at 11-under 199, tied with Sean O'Hair, Sung Joon Park and Bryce Molder (Conway) on the Old White TPC course. O'Hair and Park both shot 66. Molder had three birdies on holes Nos. 4, 5 and 9 for a 3-under 67.

It's setting up to be another close finish at the tournament, which debuted in 2010. Two were decided in playoffs and the largest margin was two shots twice.

A crowded leaderboard has 27 players within four shots of the lead, including two players with Arkansas connections -- Molder and former Arkansas Razorback David Lingmerth.

Molder reached 11 under with a birdie at No. 9 before stringing together nine consecutive pars.

"Somewhere midway through the back nine I just kind of lost rhythm," Molder said. "But my short game hung in there and kept me in it."

Molder's lone tour victory came in a playoff at the 2011 Frys.com Open.

Lingmerth, a winner's at Jack Nicklaus' Memorial Tournament last month, had an eagle on hole 12 and birdies on 1, 5, 7 and 16 for a 6-under 64 and a three-round total of 9-under 201, placing him in a three-way tie for ninth.

Bohn's round was his best on the PGA Tour and included 14 one-putt greens. He shot 58 in a 2001 Canadian Tour event, the Bayer Championship.

Bohn, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour, has two runner-up finishes this season.

He was just hoping to play well enough Saturday to avoid an early tee time in the final round.

"I just wanted to sleep in to be honest, so now I don't have to get up early in the morning," Bohn said.

Bohn had birdied the final hole in the second round to make the cut on the number at 2 under, then kept the momentum going Saturday with birdies on four of the last five holes.

O'Hair lost to Jordan Spieth in a playoff at the Valspar Championship in March, but had missed cuts in four of his last five events.

Seeking his fifth PGA Tour victory and first since 2011, O'Hair had four back-nine birdies Saturday.

"I don't feel any pressure," O'Hair said. "I actually feel like a weight's been lifted off a little bit. I'm just happy to be in this situation again. This definitely beats struggling, I can promise you."

Park scattered four birdies in his bogey-free round. The South Korean has a runner-up finish at the Humana Challenge in his rookie season.

He doesn't expect to be nervous today as he seeks his first tour victory.

"I've been in this situation before," Park said. "It's going to be the same -- another round for me."

Justin Thomas (66), David Hearn (68), Danny Lee (68) and Chad Collins (68) were at 10 under.

Tiger Woods is seven shots back after struggling on the back nine and shooting a 1-over 71,

Woods hasn't been the same since shooting 66 in the first round, his lowest score of the season and matching his best in relation to par.

Woods was within four shots of the lead at the start of Saturday's round and kept pace with two front-nine birdies.

Then all parts of his game came unraveled. He surpassed 30 putts for the second straight day.

Woods drove out-of-bounds on the par-4 11th and made double bogey. He three-putted the par-4 13th from 30 feet for bogey.

On the par-5 17th, where he had driven into water to the right in the first two rounds, his drive went 190 yards far to the left of the fairway and he made another bogey.

"I started pressing at the end trying to make some birdies and really got aggressive," Woods said. "I hit a lot of shots close. I just need to convert on those and get some kind of string going in a positive way."

Third round co-leaders Jhonattan Vegas (76) and Scott Langley (74) both shot 2 over on the front nine and were far back in the field.

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Van Zyl in front by 2

PARIS -- Jaco Van Zyl will take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the French Open and a shot at a maiden European Tour title after carding a 7-under-par 64 on Saturday.

Van Zyl has won 13 times on the Sunshine Tour, and has 17 top-10 finishes on the European Tour, including two this season while playing on a medical exemption with a brace on his leg.

His bogey-free round included a tap-in seventh and final birdie on his last hole.

"Today was really a phenomenal round," he said after reaching a 10-under total of 203.

Maximilian Kieffer of Germany, also chasing his first European Tour title, was two back after shooting a bogey-free 65 and moving up seven places.

Bernd Wiesberger of Austria was alone in third at 7 under thanks to a 66.

In a three-way tie for fourth were 2009 champion Martin Kaymer (69), home favorite Victor Dubuisson (69), and Spanish Open champ James Morrison of England (68).

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Landry, 5 others lead

Andrew Landry (Arkansas Razorbacks), who was alone in the lead Friday at the Nova Scotia Open in Halifax, Nova Scotia, was joined Saturday by five other players who now share the lead at 10-under 203.

Bronson Burgoon (63), Abraham Ancer (64), Harold Varner III (67), Jamie Lovemark (70) and D.H. Lee (71) are all at the top of the leaderboard with Landry, who had three birdies and four bogeys for a 1-over 72 Saturday.

Five players -- Travis Bertoni, Ryan Yip, Oliver Goss, Hunter Hamrick and Mark Waller -- are tied for seventh at 9 under par.

Zack Fischer (Little Rock) shot a 65 for a three-round total of 7-under 206. Tag Ridings (Razorbacks) had a 70 for a 5-under 208.

Sports on 07/05/2015

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