American Jonathan Byrd spectacularly holed out from 82 yards to eagle the par-five seventh before taking a one-shot lead midway through Sunday's final round of the Memorial tournament. A stroke off the pace overnight at Muirfield Village Golf Club, Byrd reached the turn in three-under-par 33 and 11 under for the tournament. However, Byrd had the ominous figure of three-time champion Tiger Woods hot on his heels with seven holes to play. Woods, seeking his 67th PGA Tour victory, conjured a magical chip-in from tangly greenside rough to eagle the par-five 11th and join fellow American Mark Wilson in a tie for second at 10-under. Wilson had completed nine holes. Australian Geoff Ogilvy, one under for the day, was a further stroke back with PGA Tour veterans Davis Love III and Jim Furyk. Ogilvy and Love had completed 10 holes while Furyk, champion here in 2002, had nine holes remaining. Huldahl springs a surprise Denmark's Jeppe Huldahl, ranked 377th in the world, completed a surprise win in the Wales Open on Sunday. A faultless closing four-under-par 67 for a nine-under 275 four-round total by the player lying 188th on the European rankings coming into the event left Huldahl one stroke better than six-times tour winner Niclas Fasth of Sweden (66). Huldahl, 26, shared the lead when the weather-affected third round was finished on Sunday morning and moved a shot ahead on his own by the turn before immediately coming under pressure from the experienced Fasth. A chip-in eagle on the 11th helped Fasth catch Huldahl and he still shared the lead after 15 holes. However, a combination of bogeys on 16 and 17 by the Swede and a composed finish by the Dane earned him the $485,000 first prize. His previous best finish had been tied 12th. Former Ryder Cup player Ignacio Garrido (69) also put Huldahl under pressure but a late double-bogey halted the Spaniard's progress and he had to settle for third place a stroke behind Fasth. US duo cling to lead In Illinois, Cristie Kerr fired a six-under par 66 Saturday to share the lead with fellow American Kristy McPherson after the third round of the $1.7 million LPGA State Farm Classic. Kerr and McPherson, who fired a 69, each stood on 12-under par 204 after 54 holes in the final tuneup for next week's LPGA Championship, one stroke ahead of South Korean Jiyai Shin and two atop seven others, including Ai Miyazato. Japanese veteran Miyazato fired five birdies in a row and eight overall before a bogey at the 18th left her with a 65 on the day and two off the pace. Joining Miyazato on 206 were South Korea's Pak Se-ri and In-Kyung Kim, Norway's Suzann Pettersen, Taiwan's Amy Hung, Sweden's Helen Alfredsson and American Angela Stanford.
