Lucas Glover birdied the final hole on Saturday to keep sole possession of the lead in the season-opening SBS Championship, with defending champion Geoff Ogilvy one shot back.
Glover, the US Open champion, started the day with a three-shot lead, but fell behind by two before regaining the top spot at the last, where he completed a two-under 71 for a 17-under total of 202.
Australia’s Ogilvy climbed up the leaderboard with a 68 for 203.
At 18, Glover capitalized on a shift in the wind that had the par-five playing short. He reached the green in two and two-putted to hold the overnight lead for the third straight day.
Ogilvy’s round was his seventh straight in the 60s on the Plantation Course at Kapalua. His only mis-step was a bogey at 16, where he was in a bunker. He too birdied the last.
Plenty of players in the 28-man field, open only to last season’s titleholders, were within striking distance. Four shots separated the top 10 players going into the final round.
Scotland’s Martin Laird fired a 69 for 204, while Ryan Moore of the US carded a 68 for 205.
Half a dozen players were on 206, including reigning British Open champion Stewart Cink and Masters champion Angel Cabrera of Argentina.
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Thomas Aiken and his one-time caddie Trevor Fisher shared the Africa Open third-round lead on Saturday as South Africans tightened their grip on the European Tour event.
A four-under 69 left Aiken on 203 at the East London Golf Club, while Fisher carded a 71 in the hunt for the first prize.
Jbe Kruger (67) is alone in second position on 204 and two more South Africans, Jake Roos (66) and Charl Schwartzel (68), are a further shot off the pace on 205 at the links-cum-parkland course.
Englishman Miles Tunnicliff (67) is the leading overseas player and lies three strokes behind the leaders with another South African, Bradford Vaughan (70).
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