COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) The play of the day came from a kid who slid into the rough to grab an errant tee shot.
The comeback of the day came from the man who led by three, watched it all slip away, then steeled himself in time to climb back to the top.
Just another crazy afternoon at the hard-to-read Broadmoor, where Jerry Kelly shot 1-over 71 on Saturday to finish the third round of the U.S. Senior Open in the same spot he started – atop the leaderboard with a one-shot advantage.
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”Did it unnerve me a little bit?” Kelly said about watching his lead disappear. ”Yeah, absolutely.”
But he made a 6-foot slider to save par on No. 18, finish at 4-under 206 and preserve a one-shot lead over David Toms, who stayed far from the madness and shot a 66 to climb from a tie for 10th to second.
Behind Toms – nothing but chaos.
It began when Kelly took three putts to get down from inside of two feet on No. 12 – his first putt going airborne above the roughed-up ..