WOBURN, England – Ariya Jutanugarn took the Women’s British Open lead Saturday at tree-lined Woburn, nearly four months after blowing a late lead in the first major championship of the year.

“I think I know how to play under pressure,” the 20-year-old Thai player said. “I know like what I have to focus and the only thing I have to is like focus on what is under my control.”

In early April in the ANA Inspiration in the California desert, Jutanugarn – at the time, best known for blowing a two-stroke lead with a closing triple bogey in the 2013 LPGA Thailand – bogeyed the final three holes to hand the title to Lydia Ko.

“I really get nervous, especially being my first time leading,” Jutanugarn said that afternoon at Rancho Mirage. “I got a lot of experience from this week.”

She put the hard lessons to use in May, winning three straight events to become the LPGA Tour’s first Thai champion. And Saturday, she shot a bogey-free 6-under 66 to pull two strokes ahead of Mirim Lee.

“I feel a lot more comfortable,” Jutanugarn said. “Like especially today, because I didn’t hit my iron good, but I still make some birdies.”

Hamilton’s Alena Sharp shot a 2-under for a share of 40th place, while Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., and Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Sherbrooke, Que., both shot 1-under.

Jutanugarn birdied six of the first 14 holes and closed with four pars to reach 16-under 200 and break the tournament 54-hole scoring record. She chipped in from 90 feet for birdie on No. 8 and made a 30-footer on 10 on the Marquess Course, the hilly, forest layout that is a big change from the usual seaside links.

Lee shot a 69. The South Korean player led after each of the first two rounds, opening with a 62 and shooting a 71 on Friday.

“Everything was OK. Just OK, not perfect,” Lee said.

Mo Martin was third at 11 under after a 69. The American won the 2014 tournament at Royal Birkdale.

Scotland’s Catriona Matthew, at 46 trying to become the oldest major champion, had a 71 to move into fourth at 10 under. She played alongside Jutanugarn.

“If she keeps playing like she keeps playing, she’s going to be tough to catch,” Matthew said. “But go out tomorrow and try to make as many birdies as I can.”

The top-ranked Ko was tied for 27th at 3 under after a 69. She closed with a double bogey after birdieing five of the previous seven holes.

“I just had a toffee. Sugar always helps the feelings,” Ko joked. “But I know that I still played solid out there. It’s not the greatest finish to finish with a bogey or a double. … I’ve just got to get over it.”

Stacy Lewis was 9 under after a 70. She won at St. Andrews in 2013.

“A little bit of a mess today,” the American said. “Just a few too many mistakes.”

Charley Hull, the English star playing on her home course, was tied for 40th at 2 under after a 75.

“I felt like I played pretty decent, just didn’t hole any putts,” Hull said.

Jutanugarn broke the 54-hole record of 201 set by Caroline Masson in 2011 at Carnoustie. The 72-hole mark is 269 by Karen Stupples in 2004 at Sunningdale.

To relax, the Thai player smiles as part of her pre-shot routine.

“I really want to try to be like relaxed before the shot,” said Jutanugarn, in position to jump from sixth to third in the world ranking with a victory. “I feel like whatever is going to make me happy and easy one is like smile.”

She hoped to be smiling late Sunday.

“I think it’s no pressure for me because only thing I want to is have fun,” Jutanugarn said. “So one more day, I want to have fun.”

Edmonton – California’s Aaron Wise and Washington’s Brock Mackenzie shot a pair of matching 6-under 66s on Saturday at Glendale Golf and Country Club to share the 54-hole lead at the Syncrude Oil Country Championship presented by AECON, the seventh event of the 2016 Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada season.

Wise, the 2016 NCAA Men’s Individual and Team Champion at the University of Oregon, rolled in a 15-foot birdie putt on the 18^th hole to reach 17-under and shoot 66 for the second straight day, a feat Mackenzie matched shortly after.

“I looked at the leaderboard and saw I could be in the final group, which is where I wanted to be. To make a nice 15-footer on the last hole was good,” said Wise, who has just one blemish on his scorecard through three rounds. “I’ve only made one bogey this week and that came with an out-of-bounds ball, so it’s a testament to how well I’m striking the ball and if I can get a few of those mid-range putts to drop, there’s a low one out there for me.”

Mackenzie, a two-time Tour winner who won the last time he played in Alberta at the 2014 ATB Financial Classic, cruised steadily for most of the day before going eagle-birdie-birdie on holes 14-16 to earn a share of the lead.

“I plugged along and played real solid. I got a very nice kick on my approach into 14, when it kicked right down to about six feet for eagle,” said Mackenzie, who added that his goal was to try and separate himself from the pack on Moving Day. “The guys are so good on this Tour and they go so low, you want to try and get as far ahead as possible just because you know there’s going to be guys shooting 8-under tomorrow.”

The win sets up a Sunday duel between two players in differing points of their respective careers, with the 35-year old Mackenzie pitting years of experience against the 20-year old Wise’s youth and exuberance.

“A Husky versus a Duck, old versus young. There’s a lot of fun ways you can play with that, so it’ll be fun tomorrow,” said Mackenzie, a former University of Washington standout.

For Wise, who made his pro debut at the U.S. Open, Sunday represents a chance to continue what has been a dream season so far in 2016, including his NCAA win and a semi-finalist nomination for the Ben Hogan Award during his sophomore season at Oregon. The Californian pointed to an amateur event in Australia this past January as the turning point for his stellar rise in the game.

“I look back at the Australian Master of the Amateurs as kind of the turning point for me,” said Wise. “That was the first tournament I’ve ever played where I was expected to win. I was the lowest ranked guy there, and to have that pressure on me and play as well as I did and win at Royal Melbourne, it gave me so much confidence.”

“I think my expectations,” Wise added, “are higher than just about anyone else’s. I know how good I can be and just how much work I’ve put into being as good as I can, especially now that I’ve turned pro.”

Two shots back of Wise and Mackenzie was Georgia’s Seth Reeves, who shot the round of the tournament with an 8-under 64 on Saturday, while PGA TOUR Latinoamérica Order of Merit leader Puma Dominguez was a shot further behind at 14-under.

EDMONTON – Lake Elsinore, California’s Aaron Wise, Yakima, Washington’s Brock Mackenzie and Las Vegas, Nevada’s Joseph Harrison reached 11-under par through 36 holes at Glendale Golf and Country Club to share the lead through two rounds at the Syncrude Oil Country Championship presented by AECON, the seventh event of the 2016 Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada season.

Wise, the 2016 NCAA Men’s Individual and Team Champion at the University of Oregon, matched Mackenzie and Harrison with identical rounds of 69-66 to take a co-share of the pole position heading into the weekend in Edmonton.

“I played better today. I didn’t hit the ball very well yesterday, and I went to the range this morning to work on it and hit it a lot better,” said the 21-year old, who arrived more than two hours before his tee time to put in some work ahead of his second round. “I’m definitely taking steps in the right direction and I think I’ll be ready for the weekend.”

Mackenzie, a two-time Tour winner who claimed victory the last time he teed it up in Alberta at the 2014 ATB Financial Classic in Calgary, said he has found comfort once again competing in the province and looked forward to the weekend ahead.

“I don’t know what it is. I stayed with (Calgary native and Mackenzie Tour member) James Love’s parents last time and I’m staying with his aunt this week, so maybe I just need to try and find every relative he has across Canada and stay with them,” said Mackenzie with a laugh.

Harrison, a second-year Mackenzie Tour member, put a conservative game plan in play on Glendale’s tree-line layout and took advantage with a 66 to share the lead.

“I hit more 3-irons off the tees than drivers, just to keep it in play and keep the big numbers off the scorecard,” said Harrison, who said he anticipated the chance to gain valuable experience this weekend. The 27-year old is 21st on the Order of Merit this year after getting in contention a handful of times early on this season.

“I’m definitely more comfortable having been in that situation before, but I still get a little nervous on that first tee and coming down 18, but that’s the adrenaline rush that feels good,” said Harrison.

One shot behind Wise, Mackenzie and Harrison were Airdrie, Alberta’s Riley Fleming and Olympia, Washington’s Cameron Peck at 10-under through two rounds.

Fleming is in his third season on the Mackenzie Tour and is making his 30th career start this week. In 2015, he finished 46th on the Order of Merit with four Top-25 finishes and one Top-10. Two of Fleming’s best three career finishes on the Mackenzie Tour have come in Alberta: a T4 at the 2015 Syncrude Boreal Open presented by AECON in Fort McMurray and a T13 at the 2014 ATB Financial Classic in Calgary.

“I feel like I’m playing well and the scores haven’t been there yet, so it’s nice to shoot some low numbers,” said Fleming. “I just wish the Alberta swing came a little earlier and I got the season off to a better start.”

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. – In a major championship season of endless theater, the PGA Championship lived up to its end of the bargain Friday.

Robert Streb led the way, even if hardly anyone noticed.

As thousands of fans crammed into the closing holes at Baltusrol to see if Jason Day could finish off his amazing run and Phil Mickelson could make it to the weekend, Streb hit a 6-iron into 20 feet on his final hole at the par-3 ninth for a shot at 63.

He made the birdie putt during a TV commercial break, making him the 28th player to shoot 63 in a major, and the third in the last 16 days.

“It was pretty noisy for the 15 people that were out there,” Streb said.

No matter where anyone was at Baltusrol, there was no shortage of entertainment.

Mickelson hit his opening tee shot off the property and onto a side street and made triple bogey, only to rally to make the cut. Rickie Fowler finished birdie-eagle to get back into the picture. Rory McIlroy only needed to birdie the par-5 18th, the easiest hole on the course, to make the cut. From the fairway, he made bogey and was headed home to figure out what was wrong with his putting.

A second round that began in rain with one group given the wrong hole location on No. 10 ended with Streb and Jimmy Walker sharing the lead and becoming the eighth and ninth players to match the 36-hole record in the PGA Championship at 131.

Walker had to settle for a 4-under 66, right when he had the 36-hole record for all majors (130) within his reach with two par 5s remaining. But he hit into the hospitality area well left of the 17th and scrambled for par, and then his tee shot narrowly missed its mark and found the water on the 18th, leading to bogey.

Even so, he was tied at the halfway point of a major.

“It’s going to be a new experience, and it will be fun,” Walker said. “You still have to go perform. Doesn’t matter what tournament it is.”

Day dropped to even par with a double bogey on No. 7, and that appeared to wake up the world’s No. 1 player. Day went on a tear with seven birdies over his next eight holes, two of them from 18 feet, one of them from 35 feet. Suddenly, he was on the verge of a shot at 63 until he hooked his tee shot to the base of the hospitality area on the 17th, and pushed a driving iron into the right rough on the 18th. He settled for pars at both for a 65.

Day was right where he wanted to be, three shots behind going into the weekend, his name high on the leaderboard for everyone to see. At stake is a chance to join Tiger Woods as the only back-to-back PGA champions since the stroke-play era began in 1958.

Day was joined at 7-under 133 by Emiliano Grillo, the talented young Argentine who worked hard on his putting at Baltusrol and watched it pay off. Grillo got this afternoon of birdies going by making five of them in a seven-hole stretch on the back nine until he cooled on the front and had to settle for a 67.

This is new territory for him, too.

Just like Walker and Streb, he has never even contended in a major.

“I’ve never been in this situation, and I’m not afraid of it,” Grillo said. “I’m going to go out and enjoy it.”

By the end of the day, it was easy to overlook a familiar figure – Henrik Stenson, the British Open champion who made eagle on the 18th at the turn and polished off another 67. He was only four shots behind in his bid to match Ben Hogan as the only players to win two straight majors at age 40.

Mickelson made the cut, and that might have been the most entertaining of all.

He began his round with a tee shot so far left that it sailed off the property, bounced along Shunpike Road and caromed to the left down Baltusrol Way. Wherever it finished, it was out-of-bounds, and Mickelson had to scramble for a triple bogey. He spent the rest of the day battling to get back, and he delivered on the 18th with a birdie to post a 70.

“I think in the history of the PGA Championship, that’s the worst start of any player’s round. I’d have to look it up,” Mickelson said.

No need to. Someone pointed out that Nicolas Colsaerts piped two over the fence and made 8.

“I’m having a difficult time right now managing my expectations, because I know how well I’m playing and I’m so result-oriented that I’m not playing very relaxed, free golf like I did at the British, like I did in the preparation here,” Mickelson said.

Two weeks ago at Royal Troon, where Mickelson opened with a 63 and Stenson close with a 63, it was just those two players in a duel that ranked among the greatest.

At Baltusrol, a dozen players were separated by five shots going into the weekend, a group that included Martin Kaymer (69). Jordan Spieth was finally back in the mix, at least on the fringes, after a hot start that led to a 67. He was in the group six shots behind.

The biggest surprise was Streb, who became the fourth player with a 63 at Baltusrol. Jack Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf each had 63 in the opening round of the 1980 U.S. Open, and Thomas Bjorn shot 63 in the third round in the 2005 PGA Championship.

Streb hasn’t had a top 10 on the PGA Tour since he tied for 10th in the PGA Championship last year. He found something in his swing a few weeks ago, birdied the last four holes a week ago Friday in the Canadian Open just to make the cut, and grabbed a sliver of history at Baltusrol.

WOBURN, England – Mirim Lee followed her opening 10-under 62 with a 71 on Friday in the Women’s British Open, leaving her a stroke ahead entering the weekend at tree-lined Woburn Golf Club.

A day after matching the tournament record and falling a stroke short of the major championship mark, the 25-year-old South Korean player had three birdies and two bogeys to reach 11-under 133.

“Today, the tee shot was a little bit difficult,” Lee said. “I had issues with my tee shot. I think I putted OK. I had a couple of three-putts, but I think with some practice, I can overcome my mistakes.”

Lee had two front-nine birdies, bogeyed the par-4 13th, birdied the par-5 15th and bogeyed the par-3 17th on the Marquess Course, the hilly, forest layout that is a big change from the seaside links that dominate the tournament rotation.

Three weeks ago at the U.S. Women’s Open, Lee opened with a 64, then followed with rounds of 74, 76 and 73 to tie for 11th. The two-time LPGA Tour winner missed the cut in the ANA Inspiration to start the major year, and tied for fourth in the KPMG Women’s PGA.

“I think it’s just a result of all the hard work I put in and, I think, most importantly, I’m just trying to have fun,” Lee said about her improved play in the majors. “That’s what’s making me feel comfortable.

Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn and China’s Shanshan Feng were tied for second.

Jutanugarn had a 69. She won three straight events in May.

“I like this style so much,” Jutanugarn said about the course. “I think it fits my game. I like the course. I like everything here.”

Feng shot 68.

“I really like the course,” Feng said. “Normally, my ball-striking is not bad, so I know I’m going to hit a lot of fairways and greens. It really matters if my putting is working or not. In the past two rounds, I think my putting has been really good, so I made a lot of birdies.”

South Korea’s Ha Na Jang (67) and 46-year-old Scot Catriona Matthew (65) were 9 under.

“I’ve been playing well all year,” Matthew said. “Today, I just played really well. Hit 18 greens. Gave myself a lot of chances. The putts actually dropped today.”

Jang was upset about slow play on the back nine.

“It’s like at the front nine, just play every hole, no slow play,” Jang said. “But back nine is more windy and the more times, really late. And players a little tired, so walk slow, a little slow. The play at every hole, just stop on the tee box and second shot.”

Mo Martin (68) was 8 under, and fellow American Stacy Lewis (70) followed at 7 under.

Martin won the 2014 tournament at Royal Birkdale.

“It’s definitely a departure from links,” Martin said. “Parts of it remind me of the Pacific Northwest but there are some linksy styles in there, some of the fescues, some of the bunkering. I just love it in England.”

Lewis also is a past champion, winning at St. Andrews in 2013.

“Especially making the turn, I wasn’t really in a good place,” Lewis said. “Kind of rallied on the back and made three birdies to give myself a chance this weekend. I like where I am. Usually in these things, if you can get out there and post a number, that’s usually what wins.”

Charley Hull, the 20-year-old English star playing on her home course, had a 70 to move into a tie for 10th at 5 under. She had five birdies in a six-hole stretch in the middle of the round. “I kind of holed a few putts that I wasn’t holing and I got up-and-down,” Hull said. “I was pretty happy. I just kind of dug in.”

The fast-playing Hull was put on the clock for slow play late in the round.

“It was a bit pointless, but it’s stuff that you’ve got to deal with,” Hull said.

Hamilton’s Alena Sharp leads the Canadians in the field. The Olympian recorded an even-par round and sits T15 at 4-under. Sherbrooke, Que., native Maude-Aimée Leblanc is tied for 33rd at 2-under, while Sharp’s Olympic teammate, Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., holds a share of 47th at 1-under.

Top-ranked Lydia Ko was tied for 56th at even par after a 70. She’s coming off a victory two weeks ago in Ohio, her fourth LPGA Tour win of the year. She won the ANA Inspiration in April.

Michelle Wie missed the cut with rounds of 76 and 73.

Third-ranked Inbee Park, the winner last year at Turnberry, is sidelined by a lingering left thumb injury. She hopes to be ready to compete for South Korea in the Olympics.

NEW MINAS, N.S. – Overcast skies hung heavy over Ken-Wo Golf Club as the final round of the 2016 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship drew to a close. Hye-jin Choi of Paju-si, Korea shot a final round 66 to claim a four-stroke victory.

The reigning World Junior Girls champion recorded three birdies on the front nine, including two back-to-back on holes 8 and 9 for a 2-under 33. A bogey-free back nine complemented by two additional birdies on holes 11 and 13 brought Choi’s tournament total to 9-under 271. The 16-year-old is No. 14 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking and was recently crowned the low amateur at the 2016 U.S. Women’s Open at CordeValle in San Martin, Calif.

“I was happy with the beginning of my round, so I think that kind of led to me having a good finish today,” said Choi. “My putts weren’t great after the last three days. I held my grip higher up on my putter today which led to me making some pretty good putts.”

In addition to her 2016 Canadian Women’s Amateur title, Choi has earned exemptions into the 2016 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship and two LPGA events: the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open at Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club in Calgary from August 22-28, and the Manulife LPGA Classic at Whistle Bear Golf Club in Cambridge, Ont., from September 1-4.

Choi is feeling confident in her game and looks forward to the challenges ahead against the world’s best. “I’m just going to play golf. I’m not going to worry about others and just play the way I can.”

Hannah Green (Perth, Australia) and Allisen Corpuz (Honolulu, Hawaii) stayed even on the day to claim their shares of second, while Andrea Lee of Hermosa Beach, Calif., matched Choi’s 4-under showing to join the pair at 5-under. Third round leader Maria Fassi (Pachuca, Mexico) carded a 72 to claim fifth at 4-under.

Team Canada National Amateur Squad member Naomi Ko notched four birdies in her final round en route to a 1-under 279 tournament total and a T7 result. As the low Canadian in the field, the 18-year-old from Victoria has earned an exemption into the 2016 Canadian Pacific Women’s Open.

Additional information regarding the 2016 Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship can be found here.

EDMONTON – Delaware, Ohio’s Tim Ailes shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday at Gledale Golf and Country Club to take the first-round lead before play was suspended due to dangerous weather at the Syncrude Oil Country Championship presented by AECON, the seventh event of the 2016 Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada season.

The 43-year old Mackenzie Tour rookie hit just five fairways on the day but managed to hit enough greens to break out of a funk that has seen him miss his last three cuts on the Mackenzie Tour.

“I hit some good shots out of the rough close. My fellow competitors made a comment after I hit my second shot on 18 and said, ‘you played well out of the rough today,’” said Ailes with a laugh, adding that he’s been working hard in recent weeks. “You keep putting in the hard work and waiting for it to be about time, and it finally showed its head today.”

Currently the oldest Mackenzie Tour member in the field, Ailes carded six birdies and an eagle on the day to lead by one over five players. 42 players were left to complete their first round when play was suspended due to dangerous weather in the area at 6:14 p.m.

Among the players a shot back were Alberta’s own Riley Fleming, who was 6-under with two holes to play in round one, and 2012 ATB Financial Classic champion Michael Gligic, who claimed victory the last time the Mackenzie Tour played in Edmonton.

“I think it might be Alberta in general. Maybe it’s the thin air and the ball goes farther or something,” said Gligic, a native of Burlington, Ontario. “I’ve played pretty well in Edmonton and Calgary, and I don’t know what it is but I’m going to keep riding it.”

The 26-year-old currently ranks seventh on the Order of Merit and can move as high as second with a win this week. Hec is coming of finishes of T2 at the Players Cup and T4 at the Staal Foundation Open presented by Tbaytel.

“I’ve just kind of minimized some of the mistakes,” said Gligic when asked about his recent streak of strong play. “Earlier on in the year I had a big miss, a right shot I couldn’t get rid of. It would kind of pop out a couple of times each round and get me in trouble. I’ve kind of gotten rid of that and worked hard on my swing, and rolling the putter pretty good.”

Tied with Fleming and Gligic were England’s David Skinns, who finished the day at 6-under 66, as well as Auburn, Alabama’s Will McCurdy, who was 6-under with five holes to play in round one.

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. – A drab year for Jimmy Walker took a turn for the worse two weeks ago at the British Open, when he stayed in what was dubbed the “frat house” at Royal Troon with Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, Justin Thomas, Jason Dufner and Zach Johnson.

Walker was the only one to miss the cut.

He still stayed the weekend. He just stayed away from the golf course, and his clubs. How does one kill time in such a small Scottish town?

“When the first guy comes back and he’s ready for a cocktail, you have one,” Walker said.

Thursday in the PGA Championship, the drinks were on Walker.

In the final major of the year, Walker finally saw enough putts to fall at Baltusrol that he matched his low score in a major with a 5-under 65 and wound up leading a major for the first time in his career.

Just like that, a stale year came to life.

Walker had a one-shot lead over two-time major champion Martin Kaymer, Emiliano Grillo and Ross Fisher.

And for Henrik Stenson, a great year might get even better. Coming off his record performance at the British Open, the Swede had three birdies on the back nine as the sweltering heat gave way to dark clouds and 20 mph gusts. That gave him a 67, leaving him two shots behind. Stenson is trying to join Ben Hogan in 1953 as the only players to win back-to-back majors at age 40.

“It’s going to be a great season for me,” Stenson said. “But at the same time, I want to give myself a chance to try to make it the best season.”

It wasn’t the best of times for Dustin Johnson or Rory McIlroy.

Johnson, the U.S. Open champion with a chance to go to No. 1 in the world, was in the trees, in the water and couldn’t get out of a bunker. He managed only one birdie in a round of 77 that wasn’t enough to beat 15 of the club pros at Baltusrol.

He wasn’t alone in his misery. McIlroy took 35 putts and didn’t make a single birdie in his round of 74 that left him so frustrated that he returned to Baltusrol late in the day with only his putter.

Walker’s year has been so mediocre that he has finished within five shots of the winner only once this year, at Torrey Pines. He is on the verge of falling out of the top 50 in the world ranking and hasn’t given as much thought to Ryder Cup with qualifying a month away from ending.

“I feel like all year it’s just been real stale and stagnant,” Walker said. “It’s just ebbs and flows of golf. Just haven’t been scoring. … It’s frustrating. I would have loved to have had a better year than I’ve had so far to this point, but I know there’s always time to play well at the end of the year.”

Kaymer had the best score in the afternoon, when the blend of poa annua and bent grass on the Baltusrol greens became a little more difficult to navigate.

Baltusrol still allowed for good scoring. Twenty players were at 68 or better, a list that included defending champion Jason Day.

Day played in the morning group with McIlroy and Phil Mickelson, and he was the only player without much stress. Mickelson, just 11 days after that magnificent duel with Stenson at Royal Troon, was 4 over through 11 holes when he rallied with a trio of birdies late in his round to salvage a 71.

“It’s not the start I wanted. It’s not indicative of how I’m playing,” he said. “But I’m back to where tomorrow, if I play the way I’ve been playing, I should be OK.”

Jordan Spieth only regretted one hole, the par-4 seventh, when he lost his ball so far to the right he had to chip back into thick rough and wound up three-putting for a double bogey. That was his lone mistake. He rolled in big putts on the 15th for par, 16th for birdie and closed with a two-putt birdie to get back to even-par 70.

Grillo had a chance to at least join Walker in the lead when he was at 4 under with the final two holes par 5s. He made par on both. Fisher made birdie on the two closing par 5s for his 66. Kaymer started his afternoon round on the back nine and kept it together with two pars, including a 35-yard bunker shot on No. 8 to within 3 feet.

“There’s nothing easy on the golf course today,” Kaymer said. “I just didn’t miss many fairways and therefore, you can create some birdie chances. But at the end of the day you still need to make the putts.”

Walker kept the ball in play off the tee until late in his round, and he was particularly sharp with his scrambling out by getting up-and-down six times.

“I’m a good putter,” Walker said. “Like good shooters, just keep shooting. I’m just going to keep putting, and they’re going to start going in.”

WOBURN, England – Mirim Lee equaled the lowest-ever round at the Women’s British Open by shooting a 10-under 62 Thursday to take the lead on the opening day.

The South Korean had 10 birdies as she secured a three-stroke advantage over Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand, who carded a bogey-free round of 65 on the Marquess Course at Woburn Golf Club.

Lee matched Minea Blomqvist’s 10-under 62 in the third round of the 2004 British Open at Sunningdale.

“It was probably one of my best ever rounds, although I still had some errant shots,” Lee said. “I played every hole in a similar fashion, hitting fairways and greens. My best ever score was an 11 under par in LPGA qualifying.”

China’sShanshan Feng completed an all-Asian top three with a 6 under 66.

English star Charley Hull, playing on her home course, birdied two of the last three holes for a share of 11th place after a 3-under 69.

Top-ranked Lydia Ko and four-time major winner Laura Davies have work to do in order to make the cut after both carded 74.

Hamilton’s Alena Sharp collected four birdies and an eagle on the par-4 12th hole en route to a 4-under 68. Sharp’s Olympic teammate and World No. 2 Brooke Henderson opened with a 71 to sit T31 alongside fellow Canadian Maude-Aimée Leblanc of Sherbrooke, Que.

Stony Plain, Alta. – After leading at the end of Round 1, and being tied for first thru two rounds, David Schultz finished what he started and captured the 2016 Guardian Capital Alberta Senior Men’s Championship Thursday at Stony Plain Golf Course.

Howard Broun finished off his tournament play by winning the Super Senior Championship, he carded a +1 in his final round to go +7 overall.

Thursday’s final round was anything but predictable. An eagle on hole No. 6 by Christopher Hairrell put him in position to catch Schultz. However, Schultz’s three birdies and another stellar, bogey free front 9 earned him the win.

“Getting down to the last five or six holes, you really need to know,” explained Schultz when asked about the intensity of having a competitor in a different group so close in score. “It’s a little tough not quite being sure there, but I kept the head down and just tried to hit shot after shot.”

Schultz finished at -1, 71 for the day, and -2 overall.

His win earned him the first spot on the inter-provincial team. The second went to Christopher Hairrell. The third and final spot had to be determined by a playoff between Brian Brown, John Russell and Frank Van Dornick, who were all T3 after 54 holes. Thanks to a birdie on the first playoff hole, Frank Van Dornick emerged victorious and rounded out the inter-provincial team.