Roberts opens 3-shot Senior Players lead

Loren Roberts shot a 3-under 67 and take a 3-stroke lead over Fred Funk after three rounds of the Senior Players Championship at Timonium, Md.

Roberts bogeyed two of the first three holes but rebounded to lengthen the 2-shot lead he owned at the midpoint of the Champion Tour's final major of the year. He had a 10-under 200 total on the Baltimore Country Club course.

Funk shot a 66, the best score of the day, and Tom Watson had a 68 to move into third place at 5 under.

Valero Texas Open: Jesper Parnevik moved a step closer to his first PGA Tour victory in 6½ years, shooting a 4-under 66 on Saturday to take a 3-stroke lead into the final round of the Valero Texas Open at San Antonio.

The 42-year-old Swede had an 18-under 192 total on the LaCantera Golf Club Resort Course after opening with rounds of 61 and 65. He won the last of his five PGA Tour titles in the 2001 Honda Classic.

Parnevik had 6 birdies, with only 3 of the putts longer than 10 feet.

Longs Drugs Challenge: Suzann Pettersen chipped in from about 35 yards on the ninth hole for her second eagle of the round, and finished with a season-best 8-under 64 to take the third-round lead in the Longs Drugs Challenge at Danville, Calif.

Pettersen, the 26-year-old Norwegian who won the Michelob Ultra Open in May for her first LPGA Tour title and took the McDonald's LPGA Championship in June for her first major victory, had a 12-under 204 total for a one-stroke lead over Canadian Lorie Kane (67). Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa (67) was another stroke behind at 10 under.

Dunhill Links Championship: England's Nick Dougherty shot a 6-under 66 at St. Andrews to take a 3-stroke lead in the Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland.

Dougherty had a 17-under 199 total after three rounds at Kingsbarns, Carnoustie and the Old Course at St. Andrews. The final round will be played at St. Andrews.

Australia's Peter O'Malley was second after a 69 at St. Andrews.