| | |  Americas & Beyond | October 2009 
Lorena Ochoa Takes Lead in Navistar LPGA Classic
 Associated Press
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October 04, 2009
| | Lorena Ochoa of Mexico tees off on the third hole during the final round of the Navistar LPGA Classic golf tournament at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Capitol Hill in Prattville, Ala., on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. (AP/Jamie Martin) | |
Prattville, Ala. — Defending champion Lorena Ochoa shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead in the Navistar LPGA Classic, leaving 14-year-old Alexis Thompson eight strokes behind.
Ochoa, second last week behind Sophie Gustafson in California, had a 16-under 200 total on The Senator course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Capitol Hill complex. She birdied six of her final 12 holes in the bogey-free round.
The top-ranked Mexican star is winless in her last 11 starts. She has two victories in 17 events this season after winning 21 times the previous three years.
Thompson, the Florida ninth-grader who was part of a five-way tie for the second-round lead, had a 74 to drop into a tie for 13th at 8 under.
Sandra Gal (66) was second at 13 under, and Janice Moodie (68) and Brittany Lang (68) were 12 under. Michelle Wie (72) matched Thompson at 8 under.
Senior Players Championship: At Timonium, Md., Tom Watson shot a bogey-free 6-under 64 on the one-year anniversary of his left hip surgery to take a four-stroke lead in the final Champions Tour's major of the year.
The 60-year-old Watson, trying to become the oldest senior major winner, had a 12-under 198 total on Baltimore Country Club/Five Farms' East Course. Loren Roberts (65), John Cook (65) and Mark Wiebe (66) were 8 under, and Jay Haas (67) was 8 under.
Turning Stone Resort Championship: At Verona, N.Y., Scott Piercy shot a 6-under 66 for a share of the lead with Matt Kuchar after the third round.
With the sun shinning after two days of heavy rain in the Fall Series opener, Kuchar had a 67 to match Piercy at 14-under 202 on the Atunyote Golf Club course.
Rod Pampling (65) and Leif Olson (68) were a stroke back, and Nicholas Thompson (69) was 12 under. Mathias Gronberg tied the course record with a 64. He was 10 under.
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship: At St. Andrews, Scotland, Gale force wind forced the postponement of the third round of the Dunhill Links Championship without a shot being played.
With all three venues — the Old Course at St. Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns — deemed unplayable, the possibility of any action was abandoned before 10 a.m. The third round will be played today, with the final round set for Monday at the Old Course.
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and Michael Hoey and Scotland's Richie Ramsay were tied for the lead at 11 under.
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