DURBAN — Scott Jamieson is set up to win two European Tour events in this Indian Ocean city within two months after taking a five-shot lead Saturday three rounds into the Volvo Golf Champions. Jamieson fired a four-under-par 68 for a total of 201 at Durban Country Club to move clear of Thai Thongchai Jaidee, Julien Quesne of France and South African Louis Oosthuizen. The Scot won the first event of the 2013 European Tour — the inaugural Nelson Mandela Championship — last month at another Durban course after the tournament was cut to two rounds by torrential rain. He is alone among the 33 competitors in having shot three sub-70 ruonds over the 6,111-metre track, opening with a 69 and shooting a second-round 64 to be one stroke behind Oosthuizen at the halfway stage. Jamieson began the third round erratically with a birdie and two bogeys within four holes before an eagle three at eight enabled him to turn one under par. He made a much better start to the inward half with three birdies on the trot from 11 only to bogey 17 before closing with another birdie and an advantage that offers hope of a second European Tour success. Oosthuizen flopped amid much anticipation that he would stretch his lead in the penultimate round and most of the damage was inflicted on the first nine where he bogeyed four holes. The Volvo Champions is restricted to 2012 European Tour winners and those with more than 10 career titles on the circuit, and there was no halfway cut because of the small field. Rookies rule at Sony Open Two days into his PGA Tour career, Russell Henley has written his name into golf's record books and taken a two-shot lead at the Sony Open. Henley putted for birdie on every hole Friday on his way to a second straight round of a 7-under 63. His total of 14-under 126 gave him a two-shot lead over fellow rookie Scott Langley and Scott Piercy, and also broke the 36-hole tournament record by two strokes. In the first full-field event of the season, the rookies were leading the way. All they did on another windy, warm day along the shores of Oahu was trade places atop the leaderboard. Langley opened with a 62 and followed that with a 66. That typically would be enough to stay in the lead. Langley said he tried to stay aggressive, and then he felt he had no choice. He birdied his last three holes to reach 128. Piercy looked as though he had a chance to catch Henley in the afternoon, even as a gentle wind turned into nothing more than a breeze, but he spent most of his time grinding over pars. A birdie on the par-5 ninth, his last hole, gave him another 64. That means Henley and Langley will be paired together for the third straight day, this time in the last group going into the weekend. The previous 36-hole record at the Sony Open was 128 by five players, most recently John Cook in 2002. Matt Kuchar made eagle on the 18th hole to finish off a 63. He was three shots behind. Henley and Langley are both well placed to become the first rookie in 12 years to win his PGA Tour debut. — Agencies
