Kelly’s Back in a Familiar Position

Jerry Kelly’s five-under 65 allowed him to pull away from a large pack and take a two-stroke lead Saturday after three rounds in the Sony Open at Honolulu.

Kelly, the 54-hole leader twice last year, had a tap-in birdie on the 189-yard 17th hole and two-putted from about 45 feet for birdie on the 18th to finish at 14-under 196.

PGA champion David Toms moved into contention again with the best score of a windy day near Diamondhead, a seven-under 63 that left him two strokes behind. John Cook had an even-par 70 and also was at 198.

This is Kelly’s 200th start on the PGA Tour, and he keeps getting closer to victory.

He had a two-stroke lead over Tiger Woods going into the final round of The Players Championship last year and tied for fourth.

At the Reno-Tahoe Open, he triple-bogeyed the 16th hole in the final round and finished one behind Cook.

A hockey player in high school who used to bring his aggressive nature to the golf course, Kelly has learned to tone it down and be a little more carefree.

“It’s been a big part of my golf game--maturing,” he said. “I’m more focused on the golf course and not as worried about what’s going to happen or what just happened.”

Jim Furyk, who missed seven-foot birdie putts on the final two holes and still finished with a round of 64, is three strokes out of the lead.

Another stroke back was Charles Howell III and Stephen Ames, who each had 66, and Chris Riley, who still hasn’t made a bogey this week and had a 68.

Tiger Woods four-putted the second hole for a double bogey and appeared to slightly injure his left wrist in the final round of the New Zealand Open at Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand.

Woods, who began the round seven strokes behind leader Stephen Leaney of Australia, was one-under for the round after 10 holes and three-under for the tournament.

New Zealand’s Michael Campbell held the lead at nine-under through seven holes.

After his double bogey on the par-three second hole, Woods stopped in his downswing on his tee shot on No. 3. He appeared to wince in pain and held his left wrist, saying “Ow.”

Play began over an hour late because of soggy greens from rain over the last two days.

Tim Clark took advantage of poor putting by James Kingston and took a two-stroke lead after the third round of the South African Open at Durban.

Clark shot a four-under-par 68 and was at 204, 12-under par for the three rounds. U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen shot a 69 in very windy conditions and was tied for second.