Bo Van Pelt charges into lead at Canadian Open

Bo Van Pelt birdied four of his last five holes, including the final two, to finish with five-under-par 65 on Saturday and a one-stroke lead after three rounds at the RBC Canadian Open at Vancouver.

Canadian Adam Hadwin, playing on a sponsor’s exemption, missed a 12-foot birdie putt on 18 to finish with a 68, and alone in second at four-under 206.

Andres Romero (67) and first-round leader Kris Blanks (69) are tied for third, two shots back, after another tough day in the thick rough at Shaugnessy Golf and Country Club.

John Daly, who four-putted No. 18 for triple-bogey Friday, shot 67 and is in a group of four at two under with Sean O Hair (66), Aron Price (69), and Geoff Ogilvy (70) heading into Sunday’s final round.

Calcavecchia stumbles

Mark Calcavecchia surrendered a three-shot cushion to end the third round of the Senior British Open tied for the lead with fellow American Russ Cochran and South Africa’s David Frost.

Calcavecchia, the co-leader after the first and second rounds at Walton Heath, was in cruise control at 10 under with six holes remaining before imploding when his accuracy off the tee deserted him.

A disastrous triple-bogey 7 at No. 13 — after driving into the heather beside the fairway — was followed by another dropped shot on No. 16, although the 1989 British Open champion salvaged something from his round with a neat birdie at the final hole.

Calcavecchia, bidding to become the fourth player to capture the British Open double, shot 72 to put him at seven-under 209. His stumble gave a bunched-up field renewed hope in the Champions Tour’s third major of the year.

Frost shot a bogey-free 66, tied for lowest round of the week on the parkland course just south of London, while Cochran’s 67 included a double-bogey 6 on No. 14.

Miyazato leads in France

Former champion Ai Miyazato of Japan shot a five-under 67 on to take a two-shot lead after the third round at the Evian Masters at Evian-les-Bains, France.

Miyazato, who won her first LPGA title at the Evian Masters two years ago, made five birdies for a 13-under total of 203. She heads into Sunday’s fourth round ahead of a group of four players, including Kraft Nabisco winner Stacy Lewis.

“I hit the ball really well today, and my putting was really good as well,” the 26-year-old Miyazato said. “I was really calm out there, so that’s why I didn’t have a bogey.”

Elsewhere

Jordan Spieth of Dallas joined Tiger Woods as the only multiple winners of the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship with a 6-and-5 victory over Chelso Barrett at Bremerton, Wash. Spieth won his first title in 2009. … Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand trailed for only two holes in the 36-hole final en route to a 2-and-1 win over Dottie Ardina at the U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur at Olympia Fields, Ill. … Reigning U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Danielle Kang of Pepperdine defeated incoming USC freshman Doris Chen, 2 and 1, to win the Women’s North & South Amateur at Pinehurst, N.C. … Alexander Noren of Sweden shot a course-record nine-under 63 to extend his lead to 11 shots after the third round of the Nordea Masters at Stockholm, the second largest third-round lead in European Tour history.