ANCASTER, Ontario – Justin Rose topped the crowded third-round leaderboard in the Canadian Open, shooting a 5-under 65 in ideal scoring conditions Saturday on the rain-softened Hamilton Golf and Country Club course.

The start of play was delayed 2 hours, 5 minutes because of morning rain that further softened the already soggy greens on the 90-year-old course. Rain briefly fell again just after the last group started play on the cool day.

“You have to be adaptable with your game,” Rose said. “You’re always adapting.”

Rose finished at 11-under 199, a stroke ahead of Bart Bryant (64), Trevor Immelman (66), Sean O’Hair (66) and Jonathan Byrd (67). Steve Lowery (65), U.S. Ryder Cup player Jim Furyk (67) and Brett Quigley (67) followed at 9 under.

Kerr shoots 61, leads by one over Sorenstam

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. – Cristie Kerr shot a career-best 10-under 61 on Saturday in the second round of the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic, the top single-round score on the LPGA Tour this year.

Kerr’s course-record, bogey-free 61 at Cedar Ridge Country Club in suburban Tulsa helped her take the lead over Annika Sorenstam, who is the only LPGA player to break 60 in a round. Sorenstam shot a 59 at Moon Valley Country Club in Phoenix in the second round of the 2001 Standard Register PING.

Kerr’s previous best was a 9-under 62, which she shot last year in the first round of the Longs Drugs Challenge at The Ridge Golf Club in Auburn, Calif.

Three players have shot a 60 on the LPGA tour and five others besides Kerr have carded a 61.

Kerr started Saturday’s round at 1 under, six shots behind Sorenstam, but she shot a 6-under 30 on the front nine and needed only 13 holes to surge ahead.

After hitting a slightly uphill 35-foot birdie putt on No. 13, she waved her arm as if she was carrying a lasso as she approached the hole to retrieve her ball.

Sorenstam, playing in the group ahead of Kerr, quickly tied it up with a birdie on No. 14.

But Kerr also birdied the hole, hitting a low wedge to 9 feet and sinking the ensuing putt, to regain the lead and move to 10-under.