In brief: Davis leads after wild round in Honda Classic
Dudley Hart spent some of Friday afternoon poised to turn The Honda Classic at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., into a runaway. Later in the day, it was Brian Davis’ turn to take what seemed like a huge lead.
But PGA National eventually caught up with them.
By nightfall, the Honda leaderboard was muddled again.
Davis shot a 3-under-par 67 to finish the day at 8 under, one shot better than Matt Jones (67) and two shots ahead of Hart – a former South Florida resident whose last victory was at the 2000 Honda, and who peeled off six straight birdies in a 66.
John Mallinger (67) and Ben Crane (66) were tied for fourth, three shots off the lead. Ernie Els shot a 70 and was in a group of six players, including Mark Calcavecchia and Robert Allenby, five shots back of Davis.
“In her first tournament of the year, top-ranked Lorena Ochoa finds herself exactly where she ended up last season: atop the leaderboard.
The Mexican star, an eight-time winner in 2007, shot a 7-under 65 to increase her lead to seven strokes in the HSBC Women’s Championship in Singapore. Ochoa’s 13-under total gives her plenty of separation from Annika Sorenstam, who shot a bogey-free 5-under 67.
Basketball
Wooden injured in fall
John Wooden’s daughter said the former UCLA basketball coach broke his left wrist and collarbone in a fall in Los Angeles.
Nan Muehlhausen said that Wooden, 97, fell in his condo Thursday night. She said family members visited him at a hospital Friday.
Tennis
Roddick upset
Robin Soderling upset top-seeded Andy Roddick 7-6 (6), 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships at Memphis, Tenn., ending the American’s bid to win in consecutive weeks.
“Second-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova will play eighth-seeded Elena Dementieva in an all Russian final at the Dubai Championships at Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Kuznetsova beat fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 and Dementieva beat Francesa Schiavone of Italy 5-7, 7-5, 6-2.
Miscellany
Donovan career leader
Landon Donovan became the U.S. career scoring leader, one month after scoring the goal that broke a tie with Eric Wynalda.
FIFA, soccer’s governing body, said it had recognized the United States’ 3-1 victory over Denmark on Jan. 20, 2007, as a full “A” international game.
“Mirai Nagasu led a 1-2-3 U.S. sweep in the short program at the junior world figure skating championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Nagasu, the U.S. senior champion, scored 65.07 points – more than 10 points ahead of the fourth-place finisher. Caroline Zhang (62.60) was second and Rachael Flatt was third (60.16).
“Lucian Bute (22-0), fighting at home in Montreal, stopped William Joppy (39-5-1) at 1:08 of the 10th round to retain his IBF super-middleweight title.