Furyk, Harrington Share Lead

Jim Furyk finally had some company at the top of the Barclays Classic leaderboard after a hot afternoon at sun-baked Westchester Country Club in Harrison, N.Y.

Padraig Harrington grabbed a share of the third-round lead, shooting a three-under 68 Saturday to match Furyk at nine-under 204. Furyk, the 2003 U.S. Open winner who led after each of the first two days, had a 70 in the 90-degree heat.

“The greens definitely firmed up, got baked out,” Furyk said. “They were almost turning white at the end. Everywhere you stepped you could kind of see your footmarks, not because they were soft, but because they were stressed out pretty well.”

Harrington, a nine-time winner on the European tour who won the Honda Classic in March for his first PGA Tour title, lost a playoff to Sergio Garcia last year in his first appearance in the tournament.

After Harrington, playing a group ahead of Furyk, holed a 30-foot birdie chip from the fringe on the par-three 16th to take the lead, Furyk regained a share of the top spot with a nine-foot birdie putt on the same hole. Harrington pulled ahead again with a two-putt birdie on the par-five 18th, and Furyk matched him with a short birdie putt after hitting out of a greenside bunker.

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With the senior circuit’s cart ban lifted because of temperatures in the mid-90s, Tom Purtzer rode to an eight-under 64 to take the lead after two rounds of the Bank of America Championship at Concord, Mass.

R.W. Eaks shot 65 and Mark McNulty shot 69 to sit one stroke back at the par-72, 6,728-yard Nashawtuc Country Club.

Carts have been all but banned from the 50-and-over tour, although exceptions have been made when it’s too hot or hilly for the seniors.

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Don DuBois of Newport Beach defeated 17-year-old Joseph Bramlett of Saratoga, Calif., 2 and 1, to win the 94th California Amateur at Pebble Beach Golf Links.