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Leonard in 3-way tie ...for the lead

March 17, 2013 - 20:21 By Korea Herald
PALM HARBOR, Florida (AP) ― Justin Leonard walked toward the 12th green Saturday at Innisbrook and saw a scoreboard that showed he was tied for the lead in the Tampa Bay Championship.

He knocked in his 8-foot birdie putt, assumed he was ahead, and then never looked at another board the rest of the day. He might do the same Sunday.

There’s no point in staring at scores, not with so many names separated by so few shots. Besides, the Copperhead course at Innisbrook is playing so difficult even in pleasant weather that it’s best not to think about anything except the next shot.

“It is hard,” Leonard said after his 4-under 67 put him in a three-way tie for the lead with Kevin Streelman and George Coetzee of South Africa. “There’s not a whole lot of birdie holes on those last six holes. With the greens getting firmer and faster as they did today ― which I’m sure they will again tomorrow. You have to be pretty patient out there and really pick your spots pretty carefully.”

LPGA Founders Cup

PHOENIX (AP) ― Ai Miyazato pulled back in front in the LPGA Founders Cup on Saturday, making three birdies in a four-hole stretch on the back nine and saving par with a long putt on the par-4 finishing hole.

The diminutive Japanese star shot her second straight 5-under 67 after opening with a tournament-record 64.