PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico - Daniel Summerhays shot a 4-under 67 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead over Chris Stroud in the Mayakoba Golf Classic.
Summerhays had a 12-under 201 total on the windy, seaside El Camaleon course. The 28-year-old former BYU player won the Nationwide Tour's 2007 Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational as an amateur for his biggest career victory.
"Tomorrow, I'm just going to try and do the same things I've been doing all week," Summerhays said. "I'm going to try and hit the driver really well again. My swing feels really good, so I'm picking out good targets.
"I'm judging the wind correctly, and I'm managing it well."
Stroud had a 68. He and Summerhays are the only players with three rounds in the 60s on the Greg Norman-designed course.
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"The wind is everything on this course," Stroud said. "The wind has a huge effect on every shot, into the greens, off the tees. You have a lot of elevated tee boxes into the wind and you better hit it really straight off the tee or you're going to be in the mangrove out there and trying to find your ball."
Marc Turnesa, Will Claxton and 53-year-old Michael Allen were four strokes back at 8 under. Allen shot 66, Turnesa 67 and Claxton 71.
Defending champion Johnson Wagner was 1 over after a 71. He won the Sony Open in Hawaii in January and tied for second the following week in the Humana Challenge.
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SINGAPORE - Americans Katie Futcher and Angela Stanford and South Korea's Jenny Shin all shot 1-under 71s on Saturday to stay tied for the lead after three rounds of the $1.4 million HSBC Women's Champions.
Futcher led almost the entire day, jumping ahead with a birdie on the second hole. But a bogey on 18 - just her second of the tournament - allowed Stanford and Shin to regain a share of the lead at 9-under 207.
"I'm very pleased with the consistency of the way I've been playing," Futcher said. "Hitting greens, hitting fairways and making some putts. So I feel very good going into tomorrow."
China's Shanshan Feng shot a 69 and was two shots behind the leaders while South Koreans Jiyai Shin (70) and Na Yeon Choi (71) were tied with top-ranked Yani Tseng (67) of Taiwan, all three shots back at Tanah Merah Country Club.
Tseng struggled during the first two rounds this week, but had four birdies on the front nine Saturday and two more during the rest of the round to put her in contention to win a tournament that has eluded her since it began in 2008. The 23-year-old Tseng dominated women's golf last year.
