Following a bogey-free 7-under 65 at The Woodlands on Saturday, John Daly has moved into the 36-hole lead at the Insperity Invitational. The 51-year-old Daly is 11-under for the tournament and leads Kenny Perry by one and Jerry Smith by two.
Rounding out the top-5 is Tommy Armour III, who is at 8-under, and Miguel Angel Jimenez, who posted a 6-under 66 to get to 7-under.
Top 10
1 John Daly -11
2 Kenny Perry -10
3 Jerry Smith -9
4 Tommy Armour III -8
5 Miguel Jimenez -7
T6 Kevin Sutherland -6
T6 Scott Dunlap -6
T6 Fred Couples -6
T6 Paul Goydos -6
T6 Mark Brooks -6
T6 Kirk Triplett -6
Key Hole
Daly takes the solo lead on the par-3 16th. The two-time major champion hit a sweet tee shot then made a clutch put.
John Daly is having himself a good day in Houston. He holds the 1-shot lead @InsperityInvtnl. pic.twitter.com/lb6eJbBfhe
— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) May 6, 2017
Quotable
“It’s not a familiar place I’m in. It’s going to be great. So I’m just going to kind of get a little more aggressive like I have been this week.”
–John Daly, on strategy for Sunday’s final round.
Credit: PGA Tour Champions, Getty Images