CAMBRIDGE, Ont. – Suzann Pettersen took a one-stroke lead Saturday in the Manulife LPGA Classic, making an eagle and four birdies on the first 11 holes and closing with seven pars for a 6-under 66.

Pettersen had a 19-under 197 total at Whistle Bear Golf Club. Bothered by a shoulder injury this season, the 34-year-old Norwegian player won the last of her 14 LPGA Tour titles in 2013.

“I can only look upwards, only I can set the pace,” Pettersen said. “Yeah, there’s a lot of people in the hunt for this and the course is playing great. I think it’s fun for the fans to see us shooting low scores and I’m excited to go back out there tomorrow and fight it to the very end.”

Colombia’s Mariajo Uribe was second after a 67.

“I’m a pretty aggressive player, so luckily I didn’t have to change my strategy here,” Uribe said. “I feel really confident right now, my driver’s pretty straight, so I like it.”

She won the tour’s unofficial HSBC Brazil Cup in 2011.

Cristie Kerr was third at 17 under, also after a 67. The American won the Kia Classic in California in March for her 17th LPGA Tour title.

“I think you can’t get too far back on a course like this,” Kerr said. “You’ve got to be able to stay within sight. Just got to play my own game and just start walking some putts in and put some pressure on the other people.”

Petersen birdied the first three holes, eagled the par-5 ninth and made another birdie on No. 11.

“I got off to a fantastic start,” Pettersen said. “Then, coming off 18, I don’t know if I felt like I played that well today. I kind of dried up a little bit towards the end. … Overall very happy, in a good position, but there’s a good job to be done tomorrow.”

Uribe rebounded from a bogey on No. 11 with birdies on 12 and 14.

“I just tried to stay patient, there’s so many options there to make birdie,” Uribe said. “I didn’t really start that well, birdie on No. 1, and then didn’t really make birdie til the end of the front nine, so just stayed patient there. I think of just my game.”

Kerr saved par with 15-foot putt on No. 16 and closed with a 15-footer for birdie on 18.

“That was a great birdie on the last hole,” Kerr said. “I think I jumped up in the air. I made a great putt on 16 and that was not an easy pin there, either. You know what, I was hitting so many good putts all day that nothing was dropping and I was getting a little frustrated. … I just got really determined down at the end there to make up a couple so I stay within reach tomorrow.”

Canadian Alena Sharp is currently T15 after a third round of 68. Natalie Gleadall carded a round of 70, while Sara-Maude Juneau and Sue Kim both shot a round of even par.

DES MOINES, Iowa – Mark Calcavecchia was carrying groceries into his brother-in-law’s house on Thanksgiving morning when he stumbled.

Calcavecchia’s right hand went through two panes of glass, slashing a tendon and leaving a finger dangling. Six months later, the 1989 British Open champion is finally playing like his old self.

Calcavecchia made a 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole Saturday for a 4-under 68 and a one-stroke lead heading into the final round of the Champions Tour’s Principal Charity Classic.

“I like it here,” said Calcavecchia, who grew up in nearby Laurel, Nebraska. “A lot of good things going on here for me.”

Calcavecchia had a 9-under 135 total at Wakonda Club.

Joe Durant was second after a 68. Paul Goydos, Brian Henninger and Michael Allen were tied for third at 7 under, all shooting 70.

The 54-year-old Calcavecchia had surgery in early December. He couldn’t swing a club for three months, and the lingering pain has limited the time he can spend on the range.

Calcavecchia entered the week with just one top-10 finish in seven events. He has two career victories on the 50-and-over tour after winning 13 times on the PGA Tour.

“There’s still a whole bunch of guys that can win. So, basically (Sunday), I’m just trying to do what I’m doing,” said Calcavecchia, who has notched top 10s in each of his four previous trips to Iowa.

Durant bogeyed his first hole Saturday. He rallied, briefly holding the lead before Calcavecchia’s strong finish.

He’ll join Calcavecchia in Sunday’s final group in search of his second win of the year.

“I just didn’t get flustered,” Durant said. “I think you just have to stay very patient on this golf course. … The leaderboard is really bunched up. Someone is going to come out and shoot a good round. It’s going to take a good round from any of us to have a chance to win. But you just play the first round to put yourself in position.”

Billy Andrade, tied for the first-round lead after a 66, double-bogeyed his first hole Saturday and stumbled to a 76. He was tied for 32nd at 2 under

Jose Coceres, who joined Andrade atop the first-round leaderboard, shot a 73 to drop into a tie for 11th at 5 under.

One of tour’s oldest players made one of the best shots in the 15-year history of the Iowa event.

Larry Nelson, 67, used an 8-iron to ace the 172-yard 17th hole. It was the second hole-in-one for Nelson on the Champions Tour. He celebrated by tossing his ball to the crowd.

Nelson was tied for 42nd at 1 under after a 70.

MALMO, Sweden – Swedish golfer Alex Noren carded a 5-under-par 67 to take a two-shot lead of the Nordea Masters in the third round on Saturday, while local favorite Henrik Stenson flew up 28 places to lie five shots back.

Noren, whose victory here in 2011 was his third and last on the European Tour, birdied four of his first five holes. He has three top-10s this year, including runner-up at the Dubai Desert Classic to Rory McIlroy.

Maximilian Kieffer of Germany was two shots behind after a 70, and Sebastian Soderberg (71) another shot back with Swedish countryman Jens Dantorp (73).

Stenson, the highest-ranked golfer in the field at No. 4, scored an eagle-3 on the first hole and birdied his last hole in a 68 to climb into a three-way tie for sixth.

Local amateur Marcus Kinhult, who led during the first two days, shot 77 and dropped into a tie for 14th.

Victoria, B.C. – Toronto’s Albin Choi carded a 5-under 65 Friday at Uplands Golf Club to take the solo 36-hole lead at the Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada’s Bayview Place Island Savings Open presented by Times Colonist.

The 23-year old carded six birdies and a bogey to reach 11-under par and build a three shot lead over North Vancouver’s Eugene Wong after three rounds in Victoria.

“To get off to such a good start today got the ball rolling early, and I just felt great out there,” said Choi, who birdied four of his first five holes and led by as many as five shots on Friday. “I had no clue to be honest. I was just trying to stay in my bubble out there. I knew I was in a good spot, but I had no idea I was separating myself from some of the players.”

For the second straight Saturday, Choi will play in the final group after holding solo second place through 36 holes at last week’s PC Financial Open. Though he fell to a 1-over 73 at Point Grey Golf and Country Club in that round, Choi said the experience would be helpful heading into the weekend in Victoria.

“It was nice being in the final group on Saturday at Point Grey. There was a great crowd, it was a nice atmosphere and I’m kind of hoping for and expecting the same thing here,” said Choi, who went on to finish T10 for his first Mackenzie Tour top-10 finish. “Last week doing it once, I’m glad to put myself back in contention again and it’s great to be in the mix.”

The 2010 Canadian Amateur Champion and a member of Golf Canada’s Young Pro Squad, Choi played on the Web.com Tour in 2014 but finished outside the top-100 on the money list to lose status. This spring has been a strong one for Choi, however, with medalist honours at this year’s Florida Qualifying Tournament to go along with two wins on the SwingThought.com Tour.

“Apparently what I’ve been doing has been working pretty good,” Choi joked while saying he wouldn’t try to get ahead of himself on the tricky Uplands layout. “I’m just going to make aggressive swings to smart targets. You really don’t need to try and overpower this golf course. You just need to take what it gives you and play smart.”

Wong, who has posted three top-10 finishes in four starts on the PGA TOUR China Series this spring, carded four birdies and one bogey to hold solo second at 8-under. The two-time Mackenzie Tour winner said playing several events heading into his season debut in Canada would be helpful in the heat of battle this weekend.

“It’s definitely a good thing having a few starts under my belt. I know that I’ve competed very well over the past few weeks, and I know that my game can stack up to most players now,” said Wong.

Seven players, including Victoria native Cory Renfrew, were five back of Choi in a tie for third at 6-under par through 54 holes.

LEWISTON, N.Y. – Ana Paula Valdes, a native of Morelia, Mexico, surged in the final round of play at the Women’s Porter Cup to edge out Canadian Christina Foster of Concord, Ont., for the one-stroke victory on Friday.

Valdes, a Clemson University commit, fired a 6-under 65 for the low-round of the 54-hole event, finishing at 8-under par to end the second-round leading Foster’s bid to keep the title north of the border (Brooke Henderson won in 2014).

The tournament boasted a strong showing of Canadians atop the leaderboard with four Canucks inside the top-10. Trailing runner-up Foster was St-Georges-de-Beauce, Qué., native and Kent State senior, Josée Doyon, who finished in third place at 2-under par.

Next in line were Brittany Marchand (Orangeville, Ont.) and Jennifer Ha (Calgary)—both members of Team Canada’s Amateur Squad—who finished T4 and sixth, respectively.

Rounding out the top 10 was Development Squad member Naomi Ko of Victoria, B.C. The N.C. State commit finished in a tie for seventh at 1-over par for the tournament (71-71-72).

This was the third annual Women’s Porter Cup, which runs as the sister event to the men’s tournament, taking place at the end of July.

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DUBLIN, Ohio – David Lingmerth took a step toward turning his game around with a 7-under 65 at the Memorial on Friday. It gave the Swede a one-shot lead going into a weekend that includes Tiger Woods.

But just barely.

Long after Lingmerth capped off a bogey-free round at Muirfield Village, Woods was 40 yards away from the flag on the 18th green and in dire need of getting up-and-down to save par and avoid missing his first cut at the tournament he has won five times.

For his second straight tournament, he holed a key putt to survive.

“At least I was able to make those putts, so that’s a positive sign,” Woods said after his 2-under 70. “Now I just need to put myself in the position where those putts are to win tournaments, not to make cuts.”

He was 11 shots behind Lingmerth, who was at 12-under 132.

Woods had to hang on, making two straight bogeys before his par save on the final hole. For Jason Dufner, it was a thrill a minute.

Dufner made a 5 on a par 3 and a 3 on a par 5. And that was before he made a hole-in-one – his fourth eagle of the week – on the par-3 16th hole. He followed that with a bogey. It was relatively boring after that, and the former PGA champion wound up with a 67 that put him in final group with Lingmerth, just one shot behind.

Dufner didn’t have much to say – he rarely does, even when he won the PGA Championship two years ago – and spoke only to Ohio-based reporters. Until a tie for eighth last week at the AT&T Byron National, he had gone just over a year without a top 10 on American soil. The only time he made news was when his divorce was reported.

“I’m hitting it really good,” Dufner said. “I’m having enough good holes, good shots, to offset some of the mistakes I’ve had.”

Ryan Moore, gearing up for a U.S. Open near his hometown outside Tacoma, Washington, had another 67 and was at 10-under 134, along with Andy Sullivan of England, who can earn a spot at Chambers Bay with a good week at the Memorial.

A trio of past champions – Hideki Matsuyama, Jim Furyk and Justin Rose – were in the group that was three shots behind. Joining them was Patrick Rodgers, who made eight birdies in a round of 66 and is poised to at least secure temporary membership on the PGA Tour.

Good scores were stacked up behind them. There were plenty of birdies available on a course that still presents trouble around every corner.

“Every shot gets your attention,” Rose said.

It got the attention of Masters champion Jordan Spieth. He went out in 31 and was creeping up on the lead when he wound up on the wrong side of the 10th green and made double bogey, and he never recovered. Spieth missed a half-dozen putts from 10 feet or in and had to settle for a 70 that put him six shots behind.

Phil Mickelson made a late eagle for a 68 and was in the group at 4-under 140.

Kenny Perry made bogey on his last hole for a 73 and missed the cut by one shot. The 54-year-old took a career money exemption for the year so he could end his career at the Memorial, which he won two times.

Lingmerth had missed four cuts in his last five starts, and the start of this tournament was ominous when he was 2 over through four holes. He made seven birdies on his last 12 holes on Thursday, and he made seven more Friday.

“I started giving myself some opportunities and the putts started dropping in,” Lingmerth said.

Dufner was tied for the lead late Thursday until he hit his tee shot into the water on the 18th and made double bogey.

He started Friday on the back nine and was in trouble early when he hit into the water on the par-3 12th and had to make a 4-footer to salvage double bogey. His fortunes changed quickly. He hit a wedge to 5 feet for birdie on the 14th. He hit hybrid into 6 feet for eagle on the 15th. And then he hit 6-iron into the hole on the par-3 16th.

Five under on three holes goes a long way.

“Probably the best I’ve ever done,” Dufner said.

Woods, meanwhile, opened with three birdies in four holes, though he was still wild off the tee. He mixed bogeys with birdies and was in reasonable shape at 3 under for the tournament until he missed the 16th green long and made bogey, and then found a deep patch of rough just off the left side of the fairway at the 17th, had to lay up and could get no closer than 30 feet from 100 yards. That bogey put him on the cut line, and he popped up his 3-wood off the 18th tee into rough.

But he saved his par and saved his weekend.

This is the third straight tournament that Woods made the cut, something he hasn’t done in a year. He believes he is making progress, though the bar has been lowered significantly at the moment.

Canada’s David Hearn sits as the top Canadian. He’s tied for 16th at 6 under after two 69s.

CAMBRIDGE, Ontario – Suzann Pettersen shot a 7-under 65 on Friday for a share of the second-round lead with Mariajo Uribe in the Manulife LPGA Classic.

Pettersen had seven birdies in a 10-hole stretch at Whistle Bear Golf Club. The 34-year-old Norwegian player won the last of her 14 LPGA Tour titles in 2013.

Uribe, from Colombia, had five birdies in a 66 to match Pettersen at 13-under 131. She won the tour’s unofficial HSBC Brazil Cup in 2011.

Cristie Kerr, tied for the first-round lead with Cheyenne Woods and P.K. Kongkraphan after matching the course record with a 63, was a stroke back after a 69. She won the Kia Classic in California in March for her 17th LPGA Tour title.

Yani Tseng and Brittany Lang topped the group at 11 under. Tseng had a 65, and Lang, the 2012 winner at Grey Silo in Waterloo, shot a 68.

Woods had a 73 to drop into a tie for 19th at 8 under. She’s Tiger Woods’ niece.

Kongkraphan also struggled, shooting a 75 to fall into a tie for 35th at 6 under.

Second-ranked Inbee Park, the winner last year at Grey Silo, had a 68 to reach 7 under.

Top-ranked Lydia Ko was 5 under after a 68.

Canadian Alena Sharp was the top Canadian. The Hamilton, Ont., native was tied for 23rd at 7 under after a 70 Friday.

Brooke Henderson, the 17-year-old Team Canada member who was third in the Swinging Skirts in April in California, missed the cut by a stroke with rounds of 71 and 70.

Sister Brittany Henderson also dropped out, shooting 72-70.

DES MOINES, Iowa – Bill Andrade and Argentina’s Jose Coceres share the first-round lead at 6-under 66 on Friday in the Champions Tour’s Principal Charity Classic.

Andrade had seven birdies and a three-putt bogey on No. 14 at Wakonda Club. The four-time PGA Tour winner teamed with Joe Duran to win the Legends of Golf in April for his first Champions Tour title.

“I love this place,” Andrade said. “I just think it’s like a where I grew up in Rhode Island, so it’s tree-lined, it’s like a mini-Westchester I kind of call it. I just think a fabulous place and it played very nicely today I thought.”

Andrade rebounded from the bogey on the par-3 14th with a birdie on the par-5 15th and birdied the par-4 18th for a share of the lead.

“You’ve got to, obviously, drive it in the right places and you have to get a little lucky on some tee shots if the ball stays in the fairway, so you have to have a little imagination off the tee,” Andrade said. “Then it’s hitting greens and getting it in position where you’re not above the hole all day and you have chances to make birdies. There’s a lot of birdies out there and the course is in great shape. It’s a fun track to play. If you don’t pay attention you can get beat up a little bit.”

Coceres, from Argentina, had six birdies – four on the final seven holes – in his bogey-free round. The two-time PGA Tour champion is winless on the 50-and-over tour.

“I played very well,” Coceres said. “Very happy for my golf from putter, everything, very good. … The course is in very good condition.”

Defending champion Tom Pernice Jr. was a stroke back along with Mark Calcavecchia, Paul Goydos, Michael Allen, Brian Henninger, Grant Waite and Jeff Coston.

“It was nice to get off to a good start,” said Pernice, a playoff winner last year over Doug Garwood. “Great weather conditions, the golf course is in great shape, so to get in 5 under is a good start. Got away with a few sloppy shots at times and just didn’t drive the ball as well as I could have, but had some good recoveries, hit some good putts.”

Bernhard Langer and Canada’s Rod Spittle topped the group at 68 and held a share of 10th thru 18 holes.

Davis Love III opened with a 70. He’s making his fourth Champions Tour start since turning 50 in April 2014.

Another Canuck, Jim Rutledge, opened with a 75.

MALMO, Sweden – Amateur golfer Marcus Kinhult of Sweden held on to a share of the lead of the Nordea Masters after a 4-under 68 in the second round Friday.

The 18-year-old Kinhult made his only bogey of the day on the sixth hole but bounced back with a birdie on the seventh. He is tied with fellow Swede Jens Dantorp (68) on 9-under 135.

The duo was two shots clear of countryman Sebastian Soderberg (70) and Germany’s Maximilian Kiefer, who bogeyed the final two holes to settle for a 69.

Mark Foster of England had a hole-in-one on the fourth hole but was tied for 80th after a 71.

Chris Paisley of England, who was in a three-way tie for the first-round lead with Kinhult and Dantorp, fell down the leaderboard after a 73.

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