Wild finish set for ADT Championship
Christina Kim hit a 7-iron that stopped 2 feet behind the hole for a birdie to claim the eighth and final spot in the final round of the ADT Championship at West Palm Beach, Fla., giving her just as much of a chance as anyone to win the $1 million prize.
With a bleacher full of sun-baked fans still cheering, Kim charged over to caddie Donna Southam and leaped with a twist, slightly higher than when Phil Mickelson won his first Masters, and they bumped each other to celebrate the clutch moment.
It got even better when Nicole Castrale hit her approach into the water, just as she did in regulation, to fall into the playoff.
Another nerve-racking afternoon at Trump International concluded when eight of the 16 players who qualified for today's 18-hole shootout had every reason to dream of the biggest payoff in women's golf.
Lorena Ochoa was solid as ever, playing bogey-free for a 6-under 66 to tie for the low round Saturday with Paula Creamer, who was helped by a wedge she holed out for eagle on the par-5 15th.
Karrie Webb, whose 50-foot birdie putt Friday enabled her to avoid a playoff, had no stress in her round of 68. The other qualifiers were U.S. Women's Open champion Cristie Kerr, Natalie Gulbis, Sarah Lee and Mi Hyun Kim, who had the best turnaround of all.
Hong Kong Open: Sweden's Robert Karlsson shot a 5-under 66 to maintain a 4-stroke lead after the third round of the Hong Kong Open.
Karlsson had a 16-under 194 total on the Hong Kong Golf Club course. Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez, the 2004 champion, was second after a 66.
South Korea's K.J. Choi (65), Australia's Marcus Fraser (64), Sweden's Peter Hanson (65) and India's Shiv Kapur (65) were 11 under, and Canada's Mike Weir (67) was in a group at 10 under.
Pebble Beach Invitational: Tommy Armour III shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday at Del Monte Golf Course to take a 2-stroke lead over Nick Watney after the third round of the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational.
The 48-year-old Armour, a two-time PGA Tour winner who finished 110th on the money list this season, has a 14-under 202 total.
Dunlop Phoenix: England's Ian Poulter shot a 3-under 67 to take a two-stroke lead over countryman Luke Donald after the third round of the Dunlop Phoenix at Miyazaki, Japan.
Poulter had a 10-under 200 total on the Phoenix Country Club course. Donald also shot a 67. Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (69) and Japan's Daisuke Maruyama (70) were 6 under. Defending champion Padraig Harrington (73) was 4 under.