Justin Thomas got a lot done in eight holes Saturday, leaving with a one-shot lead over Adam Scott and facing a marathon finish in the rain-delayed PGA Genesis Open.
Thomas played six holes in the morning, nearly holing a 9-iron and then making par with a flop shot on the green and over the bunker on the par-3 sixth as he completed a 6-under-par 65 to share the 36-hole lead with Scott, who also had a 65.
They started the third round in the afternoon with only about 45 minutes of daylight, and Thomas holed a 12-foot eagle putt to take the lead. Scott missed his eagle attempt on the par-5 opening hole.
The final group hit tee shots on the third hole when it was too dark to continue. They will resume the third round at 6:45 a.m., and then head back onto the course in the same groups to try to finish.
Thomas was at 13-under par through two holes of the third round.
Tiger Woods, who completed seven holes, made a 25-foot birdie putt from the fringe on his final hole of the second round that assured he would make the cut.
Woods made birdie on No. 10, hit 3-wood to 10 feet for eagle on the par-5 11th, holed a 20-foot birdie putt on the 12th and a 15-foot birdie putt on the 13th. Just like that, he was tied for 12th. He remains seven shots behind.
Patrick Rodgers, who completed a 67, opened with an eagle and was two shots behind Thomas.
Michael Thompson, who didn’t get into the tournament as the first alternate until Sunday, was at 10 under.
Rory McIlroy finished off a 63 in the morning to get back in the game, and he had one birdie through three holes in the third round. He was playing with Jordan Spieth, who had a 70 in the morning to finish four behind. Spieth three-putted for par on the opening hole, missing from 3 feet, and three-putted from the fringe on No. 3 for a bogey to fall six shots behind. He also missed a 10-foot birdie on his final shot of the day.
LPGA — Nelly Korda made up for an early bogey on the back nine with three consecutive birdies and four on her final six holes to shoot a 5-under 67 and take a three-stroke lead after three rounds of the Women’s Australian Open in Adelaide.
Korda, tied for third after the second round, had a 54-hole total of 12-under 204 at The Grange.
Japan’s Haru Nomura had a 70 and was in second, with three players tied for third, four strokes behind.
Five-time winner Karrie Webb shot 71 and was eight strokes behind.
Korda could extend her family’s sporting pedigree in Australia with a win Sunday.
Korda’s father Petr is an Australian Open men’s tennis champion, winning the tournament in 1998. Her golfing sister Jessica won the Australian Open seven years ago. And her tennis playing brother Sebastian won the Australian Open boys’ singles title last year.
‘‘I'm not even going to think about it,’’ Korda said after Saturday’s round. ‘‘If it happens, great. But there’s still so much golf to be played. I know everyone is going to try and catch up so I'm just going to try and play my game and try to stay consistent.’’
The group at 8-under included England’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Taiwan’s Wei-Ling Hsu, and South Korean Jeongeun Lee6.
Last year’s champion, South Korea’s Jin Young Ko, was among a group at 7-under, five strokes behind.
Champions — Ken Tanigawa had six back-nine birdies in a 5-under 66 in Naples, Fla., for a share of the Chubb Classic lead with Glen Day and Stephen Ames.
Tanigawa rallied from bogeys on Nos. 8 and 9 with birdies on Nos. 10-12, 14, 15, and 17 at The Classics at Lely Resort. He won the PURE Insurance Championship in September for his lone PGA Tour Champions title.
Day birdied the final two holes for a 66. Ames, tied for the first-round lead with Sandy Lyle after a then-course record 63, had a 68 to keep a share of the top spot at 11-under 131.
Kevin Sutherland broke the day-old course record with a 62, birdieing six of his first eight holes in a round that started on No. 10. He was a stroke back with Bernhard Langer (64), Colin Montgomerie (63), Woody Austin (65), Tom Byrum (65), Dan Olsen (67), and Kent Jones (67).
The 61-year-old Langer, the Oasis Championship winner last week near his home in Boca Raton, Fla., won the event in 2011, 2013, and 2016.
Tour newcomer Retief Goosen (65) and Steve Stricker (66) topped the group at 9 under.
Lyle followed his opening 63 with a 71 to drop into a tie for 15th at 8 under. Jay Haas also was 8 under, shooting a 70 a day after the 65-year-old player bettered his age with a 64.
European — Sweden’s Per Langfors was at the top of the leaderboard after three rounds of the World Super 6, with Ireland’s Paul Dunne, Norway’s Kristoffer Reitan, and Australian Brad Kennedy one stroke behind in Perth, Australia.
Lanfors shot an 8-under 64 and had a 10-under total of 206 after three rounds.
Reitan shot 65, Dunne 66, and Kennedy 69.
The first three rounds were stroke play. The top 24 players qualified for the final-round match play, which consists of a series of elimination six-hole shootouts. If a shootout is tied at the end of six holes, a 90-meter shootout hole will decide the winner, including in the championship match.
Dunne was among those receiving a first-round bye in the shootout.
‘‘Obviously, you don’t want to have to play the first round because you might lose,’’ Dunne said. ‘‘But if you were to play the first round and win, it would be an advantage, because you've played the six holes already, you've seen the pins and you’re in the middle of your round.’’
