MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2015 SPORTS Day charges to the top KOHLER: Australian Jason Day used a with South African Branden Grace, who red-hot run around the turn and a solid spectacularly holed out from a greenside finish to seize a two-shot lead over bunker to birdie the last and card a best- Jordan Spieth after a pulsating third of-the-day 64. Germany’s Martin Kaymer, round of low scoring at the PGA winner of the 2010 PGA Championship Championship yesterday. played at Whistling Straits, drained three In pursuit of his first major victory long birdie putts to shoot 65 and pull after several close calls over the past five within four shots on a day when the scor- years, Day carded 66 in receptive condi- ing average was 70.6. tions at Whistling Straits to post a 15- Unheralded Australian Matt Jones, under total of 201. two ahead after the storm-delayed sec- The world number five picked up six ond round finished earlier on Saturday, shots in six holes from the ninth, includ- briefly moved three strokes clear before ing a 13-foot eagle putt at the 11th, and dropping four shots in the final four later rebounded from a double-bogey at holes for a 73 and a tie for sixth. the 15th by draining a curling 24-footer Jones had led by three standing on at the 17th. He could not break clear of the ninth tee but bogeyed the hole after Masters and U.S. Open champion Spieth, pulling his tee shot into a hospitality area who reignited his hopes of a rare third well left of the fairway. major victory this year by firing a bogey- “I’m still in it,” said Jones, who won his free 65 on a hot and steamy afternoon first PGA Tour title at last year’s Houston highlighted by birdies galore. “Today was Open. “I didn’t play great today ... golf a good day,” said Day, who has recorded runs like that, and it got me in the end.” nine top-10 finishes in the majors, six of Day’s lead is tenuous considering the them in the top four. “There was some man in second place. “On the back nine, mistakes here and there, but overall I hit it was nice to get in the zone,” said world a lot of good quality iron shots, hit a lot number two Spieth, who is seeking to of great drives out there, drove the ball emulate fellow Americans Ben Hogan really well. I’m very pleased with how I’m and Tiger Woods as the only players in putting. “So, one more day left. I got to the modern era to have won three keep pushing forward, keep grinding, majors in a single year. keep doing the best I can do out there “I’ll go into tomorrow strictly for the and see how it goes tomorrow.” history piece of trying to get my name on a different major. It’s a goal of mine to SPECTACULAR HOLE-OUT capture all four throughout my career. English world number six Justin Rose I’ve got a great opportunity to get the (68) was a further stroke back at 12 under third right now.” — Reuters PRETORIA: South Africa’s Morne van Wyk watches as New Zealand’s Grant Elliott bats, during the second T20 International cricket match between South Africa and New Zealand. —AP Guptill leads New Zealand to 32-run win over South Africa CENTURION: Martin Guptill hit 60 as New Zealand earned a share of the series by win- SCOREBOARD ning the second Twenty 20 international against South Africa by 32 runs at SuperSport CENTURION, South Africa: Scoreboard in the second Twenty20 international between South Africa and New Park yesterday. Zealand at SuperSport Park yesterday. New Zealand made 177 for seven-their New Zealand South Africa highest total in a Twenty20 international M. Guptill c Miller b Behardien 60 H. Amla c Munro b Milne 14 against the Proteas-before restricting South K. Williamson c Abbott b Rabada 25 M. van Wyk c Ronchi b McClenaghan 3 Africa to 145 for eight. T. Latham c Amla b Leie 3 A. de Villiers c Neesham b McCullum 15 Stand-in captain Kane Williamson, leading G. Elliott lbw b Phangiso 20 R. Rossouw c Williamson b Sodhi 26 F. Behardien c Guptill b McCullum 36 a side missing several key players, some J. Neesham b Rabada 28 injured and others resting, was delighted with D. Miller c Munro b McClenaghan 29 L. Ronchi c Miller b Wiese 6 D. Wiese c McCullum b Sodhi 2 what he described as “a much improved C. Munro c De Villiers b Rabada 18 A. Phangiso c Williamson b Neesham 2 effort” following defeat by six wickets in the N. McCullum not out 1 K. Rabada not out 5 first match in Durban on Friday. “We touched A. Milne not out 10 K. Abbott not out 9 on a few areas which we needed to improve Extras (lb1, w5) 6 Extras (w4) 4 on after Durban,” said Williamson. Total (7 wkts, 20 overs) 177 Total (8 wkts, 20 overs) 145 “We wanted a few more runs in the middle Did not bat: I. Sodhi, M McClenaghan Did not bat: E. Leie Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Williamson), 2-70 (Latham), 3- Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Van Wyk), 2-19 (Amla), 3-47 (De overs and we managed that. We took wickets Villiers), 4-75 (Rossouw), 5-112 (Behardien), 6-115 at crucial moments but we were also quite 104 (Guptill), 4-113 (Elliott), 5-146 (Ronchi), 6-166 (Wiese), 7-123 (Phangiso), 8-131 (Miller) smart with our bowling.” (Munro), 7-166 (Neesham) Bowling: McCullum 4-0-31-2, Milne 4-0-27-1 (2w), South Africa were never on target in the Bowling: Phangiso 4-0-40-1 (2w), Abbott 4-0-44-0 McClenaghan 4-0-28-2 (1w), Neesham 3-0-22-1, chase after losing their first three batsmen, (1w), Rabada 4-0-30-3, Wiese 4-0-26-1 (1w), Leie 3-0- Sodhi 4-0-27-2, Elliott 1-0-10-0 32-1 (1w), Behardien 1-0-4-1 Result: New Zealand won by 32 runs. including world stars Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers, for 47 runs inside seven overs. New Zealand spinners Nathan McCullum series at the same venue on Wednesday. As in Fast bowler Rabada took three for 30, and Ish Sodhi both took two wickets and were the first match, Guptill and Williamson got including two wickets off successive balls in economical on a pitch which Williamson their side off to a fast start, putting on 52 off the penultimate over. But New Zealand’s admitted got more difficult to bat on in the 5.3 overs before Williamson was caught at bowlers struck early, with left-armer Mitchell second innings. third man off Kagiso Rabada for 25. McClenaghan having Morne van Wyk caught De Villiers, again captaining South Africa in The pair put on 68 for the first wicket in behind before Amla drove fast bowler Adam the absence of an injured Faf du Plessis, said Durban before the side subsided to 151 for Milne to point. De Villiers threatened briefly, his side were well beaten. “We were definitely eight. With Guptill making his 60 off 35 balls, hitting 15 off nine balls with two fours and a below par with the ball today and unfortu- New Zealand put up a better performance on six, before he was caught at long-on off nately we lost wickets at crucial times,” he Sunday but again there were no further major McCullum. After that, South Africa never said. The sides start a three-match one-day partnerships. looked likely to win. — AFP WHISTLING STRAITS: Phil Mickelson reacts after holing a bunker shot on the sixth hole during the fourth round of the PGA Championship golf tournament. — AP Smith wins NASCAR Xfinity race LEXINGTON: Regan Smith bumped his way long, a long time, I wasn’t going to pass the the first of a track-record eight cautions flew. No joke — a Samoan walks past Alex Tagliani in the Carousel a turn from opportunity up. “I’ve been wrecked so many The leaders pitted a final time just beyond the the finish Saturday to win the NASCAR Xfinity times on these road courses, I had to do what midway point on lap 43 during the fifth yel- onto a golf course and ... Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. I had to do right there. I didn’t spin him, just low. Smith, second a year ago on the 2.258- Driving for JR Motorsports, Smith ended a got the spot. We’re going to celebrate hard mile road course, was an equal to Tagliani and SHEBOYGAN: The family business, at least on afford too many buckets of balls at the local 52-race victory drought with his fifth career tonight.” Tagliani held on to finish second. “If I Buescher at mid-race. He took over the lead in the athletic side of the Finau family, was pro driving range, he propped up mattresses against win. Last week at Watkins Glen, he was knew that he was going to win like that prob- the pits, just beating Tagliani by a fender. football or basketball. Tony Finau, all 6-foot-4 the door and put down strips of carpet to hit off bumped twice in the closing laps and finished ably instead of passing him fair and square Tagliani caught Smith on Lap 61, but the and 200 pounds of him, was determined to play so his sons could practice as long as they want- 20th.