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Listowel's Corey Conners Leads PGA Tournament

Despite the attention on Tiger Woods at the PGA stop Valspar Championship at Innisbrook near Tampa Bay, it's Listowel's Corey Conners that has the lead.

He shot a 3-under-68 in Round 3 to put him at 9-under par for the tournament. That is a one shot lead over three others - Tiger Woods, Brandt Snedeker, and Justin Rose.

Conners survived back to back bogeys on the front 9, sinking six birdies in his third round and had a total of three bogeys.

So far in the tournament, Conners is tied for first with a total of 15 birdies in three rounds.

Conners will be paired with Justin Rose in the final round and will tee of at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tiger Woods and Brandt Snedeker tee off at 1:50 p.m.

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Scoreboard, Aug 5

The Toronto Blue Jays lost 7-2 to the Houston Astros on Tuesday while the Detroit Tigers won their fourth straight, 8-0 over Seattle.