Lidback Leads By One Stroke At Lpga’s Du Maurier Classic

Jenny Lidback, who has never finished better than fifth in an LPGA event, is one round away from winning a major.

Lidback, 32, a multilingual Peruvian-born Swede who lives in Scottsdale, Ariz., mastered the hard, brown greens at Beaconsfield Golf Club on Saturday for a 4-under-par 68 at the $1 million du Maurier Classic in Montreal.

At 8-under 208, Lidback held a one-shot lead over Sweden’s Liselotte Neumann after 54 holes on the unpredictable, sun-baked course.

Robin Walton of Clarkston is 15 shots back after shooting a 74. Tracy Hanson of Rathdrum, Idaho, finished with a 75 for a three-day total of 220.

Vijay Singh strung together five birdies on the front side to storm past Jim Gallagher Jr. and take a two-stroke lead after three rounds of the World Series of Golf in Akron, Ohio. Singh shot a 5-under-par 65 and was at 5-under 205 through 54 holes at Firestone Country Club.

In Newport, R.I., defending champion Tiger Woods beat 43-year-old Mark Plummer in the U.S. Amateur semifinals to earn the right to play George Marucci in the 36-hole final.

Fighting off the effects of a bee sting, Isao Aoki fired a 6-under-par 66 for a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Bank of Boston Senior Classic in Concord, Mass.