DORAL, Fla. (AP) - J.B. Holmes and Dustin Johnson each made a hole-in-one on the par-3 fourth hole in a span of 20 minutes. Holmes was in a league of his own in the final hour Saturday at the Cadillac Championship.
His advantage down to one shot, Holmes answered by running off four straight birdies in the rain to expand his lead to the largest it has been all week. He closed with a bogey for a 2-under 70, leaving him five shots ahead of Johnson and Masters champion Bubba Watson.
On a day of two aces, five other eagles on par 4s and even a scuba driver retrieving the 3-iron that Rory McIlroy heaved into the lake the day before, Holmes took some of the drama out of Doral with his late surge.
Johnson, who made his ace with a 7-iron from 207 yards, converted a birdie on the par-4 16th to get within one shot. Holmes appeared to be struggling, with two bogeys on par 5s and only the hole-in-one keeping him in front. But the big hitter from Kentucky poured in a 12-foot birdie putt at No. 14, and he was on his way.
Holmes went at the flag on the par-3 15th and made a 12-foot birdie putt. From the back bunker on the reachable 16th, he blasted out to tap-in range for another birdie. And as the rain came down harder, he got even better. He drilled a 333-yard drive down the middle of the 17th fairway and holed another 12-foot birdie putt.
He ended with a bogey from the palm trees and fell back to 11-under 205.
Even so, he looked to be a tough guy for Johnson (69), Watson (70) or anyone else to chase down.
Ryan Moore, tied for the lead after a birdie on the opening hole, fell back with a triple bogey on the third hole and was on the verge of falling too far behind until he hit his tee shot on the 301-yard 16th hole to 15 feet for an eagle. He salvaged a 74 and was six shots behind.
HSBC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS
SINGAPORE (AP) - South Korea's Inbee Park shot a 4-under 68 to take a two-stroke lead over top-ranked Lydia Ko and Stacy Lewis in the HSBC Women's Champions.
The second-ranked Park had a bogey-free round to reach 13-under 203 on Sentosa's Serapong Course.
Ko and Lewis shot 67.
The 17-year-old Ko is coming off victories in the Women's Australian Open and New Zealand Women's Open. The third-ranked Lewis won the 2013 tournament.
Anna Nordqvist (68), Suzann Pettersen (68) and Azahara Munoz (70) were 9 under.
PUERTO RICO OPEN
RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico (AP) - Scott Brown birdied the final two holes for a 5-under 67 and a share of the lead with Chris Smith in the PGA Tour's wind-swept Puerto Rico Open.
Brown, the 2013 winner, matched Smith at 6-under 2010 at Trump International-Puerto Rico.
Smith had a 68.
Jon Curran and Argentina's Emiliano Grillo were a stroke back. Curran had a 70, and Grillo shot 72.
Second-round leader Alex Cejka dropped four strokes on the final four holes to fall into a tie for fifth at 4 under. He finished with a 75, making bogeys on the par-5 15th and par-4 17th and a double bogey on the par-5 18th.
AFRICA OPEN
EAST LONDON, South Africa (AP) - South Africa's Trevor Fisher Jr. shot a 9-under 63 to take a two-stroke lead in the Africa Open.
Fisher had a 16-under 200 total. England's Matt Ford was second after a 69.