Hoey drops down to 17th

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ Rico Hoey struggled with a 74 after sizzling rounds of 65 and 63 and dropped from being a joint leader to number  17 in the US PGA Tour American Express tournament in La Quinta, California.

Meanwhile, Sepp Straka rode a hot start to an eight-under-par 64 to seize a four-shot lead over a trio of players.

Austria’s Straka had a 23-under-par total of 193, with Australia’s former world number one Jason Day, US veteran Charley Hoffman and Justin Lower his nearest rivals on 197.