Walker pulling away at Texas Open
Jimmy Walker opened a four-stroke lead over fellow Texan Jordan Spieth, shooting a 3-under 69 Saturday in his hometown Texas Open.
Walker, who lives 35 minutes away from TPC San Antonio, is looking for his fifth title in two tour seasons. He had a 9-under 207 total after opening with rounds of 71 and 67.
“It’s a tough golf course,” said Walker, the winner of the Sony Open in Hawaii in January. “I thought coming into today that even par or maybe 1 under would be a good score. You definitely want to find a way to extend the lead, but you have to be smart about it.”
Spieth shot a 71. The 21-year-old Dallas player, coming off a playoff victory two weeks ago at Innisbrook, had a double bogey, two bogeys and two birdies on the final six holes.
“It’s not ideal I really look for more consistency,” Spieth said.
Sutherland leads Champions: Kevin Sutherland birdied three of the final six holes Saturday for a 5-under 67 and the second-round lead in the Champions Tour’s Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic
Sutherland, the one-time PGA Tour winner who shot the first 59 in Champions Tour history last year in Endicott, New York, chipped in for birdie from behind the 12th green and birdied Nos. 15 and 16.
He had a 9-under 135 total at Fallen Oak for a two-stroke lead over 2011 winner Tom Lehman.
Lehman had a bogey-free 66. He made a 50-foot birdie putt on the eighth hole.
Tom Pernice Jr. and David Frost were 6 under. Pernice had a 69, and Frost shot 70.
Two tied for LPGA lead: Morgan Pressel matched the course record with an 8-under 64 for a share of the second-round lead in the Kia Classic with Mirim Lee.
Pressel had eight birdies in her bogey-free morning round at Aviara to match Lee at 10-under 134.
The American won the last of her two LPGA Tour titles in 2008.