Herb Gould
Contributor
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Before the Senior Players Championship began, Vijay Singh set what looked to be a lofty target score.</span></p>
It’s understandable that many of the LPGA’s finest wilted at the KPMG Women’s PGA at Kemper Lakes. After all, it was a sweltering week.
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">It should come as no surprise that big hitters enjoyed the first round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Kemper
Northwestern’s 17-10 overtime victory against Iowa on a balmy Saturday in Evanston wasn’t pretty. But it was pretty entertaining in the end.
The Wildcats barely avoided their first home shutout since 1999 by scoring a touchdown in the last two minutes.
Shaking off a jarring disappointment in the previous FedEx Cup event, Leishman did not falter this time.
FedEx Cup leader Jordan Spieth took another step closer to the PGA’s season title by shooting a 65. That put him in a fifth-place tie.
Spieth will have his nerves under control when he tees it up at the BMW Championship, which starts Thursday morning at Conway Farms in Lake Forest.