Darren Clarke birdied the 18th hole to snare a one-stroke lead after day three of the $2.3 million Asian Open on Saturday. The former Ryder Cup player from Northern Ireland posted a bogey-free five-under 67 for a nine-under total of 207, to lead Dutchman Robert-Jan Derksen by the slenderest of margins. Derksen fired a three-under 69 to finish a stroke above Briton Robert Dinwiddie, who fired a sparkling best-of-week 66 to rise to outright third, two strokes above Taiwan's Lin Wen-tang. Clarke, chasing his first European Tour win since the WGC-NEC International in Ohio in 2003, holed five evenly spaced birdies but could have had more. Dinwiddie soared into contention after a hot streak of five birdies in six holes on the back nine, with a double-bogey on the seventh the only blemish on his card. Taiwanese Lin charged out of the blocks with three birdies on his first three holes, then finished strongly with consecutive birdies on the 16th and 17th after stumbling with a double-bogey on the 10th. Lin's seven-birdie three-under 69 gave him a two-stroke advantage over a clutch of players tied for fourth on 213, including China's Hu Mu and Australian Peter O'Malley. Overnight leader Zhang Lianwei of China fell out of contention with a bogey-littered four-over 76, and trailed Clarke by eight. Retief Goosen trailed by seven strokes after carding an even-par 72. Greg Norman of Australia was three further adrift after posting a one-over par 73.Scott builds on fast start In Texas, Adam Scott fired four consecutive birdies to start his second round as the Australian forged a one-stroke lead at the Byron Nelson Championship on Friday. Seeking his first win of the 2008 season, the world number 10 fired a three-under-par 67 for a five-under total of 135 in calm, sunny conditions at the TPC Las Colinas course. Scott holds the narrowest of advantages over fellow Australians Mark Hensby (67), Mathew Goggin (69) and American Scott McCarron (66) in a tie for second. Texas native Justin Leonard (66) was tied for fifth on 137 with fellow Americans Ryan Moore (70), Parker McLachlin (69), Charlie Hoffman (68) and Roland Thatcher (68). Masters champion Trevor Immelman of South Africa missed the 36-hole cut with rounds of 78 and 75 in his first tournament since his triumph at Augusta.Kim leads Stanford event In Florida, South Korea's Young Kim rolled in six birdies to take a one-shot lead over Swede Annika Sorenstam after the second round of the two million dollar LPGA Stanford International Friday. Kim came out with plenty of spark on the back nine with four birdies to reach seven-under par 134 for the tournament. She overcame bogeys on Nos. 10 and 14 and finished her round at four
