Golf Roundup : Knox, Sieckmann Tie Jacobsen for Lead

For the second straight week, Peter Jacobsen is atop the leader board going into the final round of a PGA Tour event, and this time, he said he doesn’t intend to let victory slip away.

“I’m planning on the 69 being my highest round of the week,” Jacobsen said after that 2-under-par score left him tied for the lead with Kenny Knox and Tom Sieckmann after Saturday’s third round of the $650,000 Anheuser-Busch golf tournament at Richmond, Va.

In last week’s Western Open, Jacobsen took a four-shot lead into the final round, only to lose the tournament by one stroke when he took a double-bogey 6 on the 72nd hole.

Jacobsen, Knox and Sieckmann each finished three trips around the 6,776-yard Kingsmill Golf Club course in 12-under-par 201. Knox shot a 65, Sieckmann a 66.

One shot back was 1985 winner Mark Wiebe, who shot a 64, the day’s best round.

U.S. Open champion Curtis Strange, whose home is on the Kingsmill grounds, had a 69 and was at 204. Fuzzy Zoeller (69), Scott Hoch (69) and Billy Ray Brown (66) were tied with Strange.

Jerry Pate and Tom Purtzer, both of whom began the day two shots behind Jacobsen, had trouble. Pate matched par with a 71 and was at 205, one shot ahead of Purtzer, who had a 72.

Japan’s Ayako Okamoto, seeking her third victory of the season, shot a 4-under-par 67 and pulled into a tie with Terry-Jo Myers for the 54-hole lead in the $400,000 Mayflower tournament at Indianapolis.

Myers, looking for her first victory in four years on the LPGA Tour, shot a 68 to join Okamoto at 8-under-par 205 heading into today’s final round at the Country Club of Indianapolis.

Jerilyn Britz also made a move on the leaders, shooting a 67 that left her at 207. She was joined by Amy Alcott, who had to settle for a par round after a bogey on the 18th hole.

Donna White, the 36-hole leader, struggled to a 74 that left her at 209.

Bruce Crampton birdied the 18th hole to complete a 4-under-par 68 and take a one-stroke lead over Don Bies and Larry Mowry in the $300,000 GTE Northwest Senior tournament at Kenmore, Wash..

Crampton, at 137, had five birdies and one bogey on the Inglewood Country Club course. Bies shot the day’s low round, a 67, while Mowry, the first-round leader, matched par.

Harold Henning and defending champion Chi Chi Rodriguez were another stroke back. Henning had a 68 and Rodriguez a 70.

Briton Barry Lane shot a 3-under-par 68 to win the $450,000 Scottish Open at Gleneagles, Scotland, with a 271, three strokes ahead of Sandy Lyle of Britain and Jose Rivero of Spain.

Fred Couples, who started the day one stroke off the lead, shot a 76, losing six shots in his first seven holes, and had a 280 total.