Jason Day and Scott Piercy share lead at the Bridgestone Invitational

By The Associatted Press

Jason Day hit only three fairways and still managed a 1-under 69 to share the lead Saturday with Scott Piercy at the Bridgestone Invitational at Akron, Ohio.

Day hoped to try to expand his one-shot lead at Firestone. Instead, he goes into the final round of this World Golf Championship in a tie with Piercy, who had a 67 and is coming off a ruer-up finish in the U.S. Open.

Day and Piercy were at 5-under 205.

Seven players were separated by just three shots going into the final round. That includes U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson, who had a 66 and was only three shots behind.

Jordan Spieth also was in the mix until a triple bogey on the 16th hole sent him to a 71. He was five shots back.

LPGA

Defending champion Brooke Henderson continued her mastery of Columbia Edgewater Country Club, shooting a 70 to take a two-stroke lead after three rounds of the Cambia Portland Classic.

The 18-year-old Canadian, who claimed her first LPGA Tour win a year ago in Portland, was at 13-under 203 heading into Sunday’s final round. Henderson leads Colombia’s Mariajo Uribe, who is 11-under after a 71.

Henderson, who three weeks ago won the Women’s PGA Championship, has shared or held the outright Portland lead the past six rounds. Henderson is aiming to become the first back-to-back Portland wier since Aika Sorenstam in 2002-03.

Uribe is looking for her first LPGA Tour win. In her sixth year on tour, Uribe’s best finish is a third at the 2015 Manulife Classic.

PGA Europe

Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand posted a 3-under round of 68 to move 8-under and take a two-shot lead heading into the final round of the French Open at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

Northe Irishman Rory McIlroy and South Korea’s Wang Jeung-hun posted 1-under 70s, having been level with Jaidee and two other players oveight.

Jaidee played consistently with three birdies, but McIlroy’s third round was erratic. The four-time major wier had six birdies, three bogeys and one double-bogey.

Wang’s round featured three bogeys and four birdies.

Defending champion Bed Wiesberger of Austria posted 70 and is one shot behind at 5-under, followed by South African Brandon Stone and four other players at 3-under.

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Stone shared the oveight lead, but fell away with a 2-over 73 including double bogey on the 18th hole.