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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Three Share Senior Lead

Compiled From Wire Services

There is a Super duel for the top spot entering today’s final round of the Senior Tour championship at Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Former Masters champion Gay Brewer and Harold Henning are tied for the Super Senior lead. Brewer tied for the low Super Senior round with a 2-under 70.

Miller Barber, who tied Brewer for the low Senior round, is two shots back at 145, followed by 69-year-old Joe Jimenez at 146.

Also at Myrtle Beach, Jim Colbert shot a 1-underpar 71 to take a six-stroke lead into the final round the Energizer Senior Tour Championship.

Colbert, who tied for last a year ago, could become the first wire-to-wire leader to win the $1.5 million tournament.

Colbert’s closest challengers are Dave Stockton, Rocky Thompson and Ray Floyd, all at 214.

Fred Couples and Davis Love III headed toward a record fourth straight title after extending their lead to 10 strokes after three rounds of the World Cup of Golf at Shenzhen, China.

In the first major golf tournament in China, Love shot six birdies on the 7,039-yard, par-72 Mission Hills Golf Club course for a 4-under 68. Couples added a 70 to give the United States a three-day, 25-under par 407.

Japan moved from fourth to second place, one stroke ahead of Scotland.

At Melbourne, Australia, Liselotte Neumann maintained a one-stroke lead over Jane Geddes heading into the final round of the Women’s Australian Open. Neumann shot a 71 for a 7-under par 212.