hitting Tony Finau stumbled at the final hole to fall back into a share of the second-round lead with fellow American Bud Cauley at the Texas Open Friday. Finau, buoyed by an eagle at the par-four 11th, looked set to enjoy sole possession of the lead at the end of the day until he bogeyed the par-five 18th, though he still carded an excellent seven-under-par 65 at TPC San Antonio. The one-time PGA Tour winner joined Cauley (66) at eight-under 136, with Australian Cameron Smith in a group of three players one shot behind. Cauley was upbeat after hitting the front in his quest for a breakthrough victory on the PGA Tour, after previously finishing third on three occasions. "I hit it a little better yesterday and didn't quite convert on some of the putts. Today I putted really well," he said. Last year's PGA Championship winner Jimmy Walker, who was recently diagnosed with Lyme disease, also moved into contention at his hometown event, three strokes behind. Walker said Friday he planned to take a break from golf to undergo treatment for the tick-transmitted bacterial infection that can cause headaches, fever, fatigue, rashes and, if less untreated, can spread to the heart, joints and nervous system. He said he started feeling fatigued late last year, but was not diagnosed accurately until two weeks ago, just before the Masters. Wiesberger defends lead Three-time European Tour champion Bernd Wiesberger extended his lead in the tense third round of the Shenzhen International Saturday. Wiesberger scored three-under par on the third day of play of the storm-interrupted tournament in southern China. The 31-year-old Austrian had taken a commanding clubhouse lead Friday with a four-shot overnight advantage before heavy rain and lightning halted play for the second day in a row. Others caught up quickly to him as skies cleared early Saturday, with both France's Grégory Bourdy and Finland's Mikko Korhonen making a hole-in-one. But a strong performance later in the day from Wiesberger put him at a score of 69 and a 15 under par total. Coming in behind Wiesberger after a big finish was South Africa's Dylan Frittelli at 12-under-overall. The United States' heavily favored Bubba Watson slid to seventh position with ten-under overall after making clubhouse leader in the first round. Korhonen's hole-in-one while completing his second round early in the morning won him a BYD electric car, worth $43,500. Local favourite Li Haotong, ranked 151 in the world and winner of the Volvo China Open last year, had missed the cut for round three. Hwang grabs 1-stroke lead Hwang Jung-gon of South Korea fired a 6-under 65 Saturday to grab a one-stroke lead after the third round of the Panasonic Open. Hwang offset two bogeys with eight birdies at the Chiba Country Club to move to 10-under 203, one stroke ahead of three golfers, including Japan's Mikumu Horikawa who had the day's lowest score of 63. Hiroshi Iwata of Japan and Prayad Marksaeng of Thailand both shot 67s and were also tied for second at 9-under 204. Jason Knutzon of the US, who led the first two rounds, struggled to a 4-over 75 and is tied for 15th with four others. Defending champion Yuta Ikeda of Japan is tied for 20th and six strokes off the pace after a 67 for his best round of the tournament. — Agencies
