Sands clings to lead, Herman makes charge in Talor Gooch Foundation Championship
With scoring conditions more difficult, Parker Sands added a 1-under 71 to his opening 65 and has a two-shot lead over three golfers going into the final round of the AJGA’s Talor Gooch Foundation Junior Championship at Gaillardia Country Club in Oklahoma City.
Tied for second are Abhay Duggal (69-69) of The Woodlands, Texas, Preston Albee (70-68) of Choctaw and Emerson Majma (67-71) of Edmond, each at 6-under.
Chase Hughes of Oklahoma City is at 5-under (69-70) and Grant Gudgel of Stillwater another shot back at 4-under (67-73).
On the girls side, Yu-Chu Chen of Allen, Texas, fired a second-round 66 to leap into the lead. She is one shot ahead of Lisa Herman of Jenks (71-67). Alyssa Stewart of Mansfield, Texas is in third at 140 (72-68) while Evyn Cannon of Edmond is at 142 (70-72) and Lucy Darr of Stillwater at 143 (71-72).