Lucas Glover of the US grabbed the lead at the US$5.5 million PGA Heritage tournament by firing a five-under 66 in Friday’s third round.
Glover rolled in six birdies and a bogey after starting at the 10th to grab a one-shot lead at 10-under 132 at the Harbour Town Golf Links.
Glover began the round in a tie for the lead with five-time champion Davis Love and 2002 winner Justin Leonard, who both had an even-par 71 to fall back into a tie for 14th.
Glover has won just once on the PGA Tour since turning pro in 2001, capturing the FUNAI Classic in 2005.
The 28-year-old, who has had just three bogeys so far, has played well here in the past, posting a pair of top 20 finishes starting in 2004 before missing the cut last year.
Sitting a shot off the pace is defending champion Boo Weekley, who fired a seven-under 64 to make sure that he would be the latest defending champion to get a chance to repeat.
Coming off a 69 on Thursday, Weekley had a bogey-free round that included seven birdies to move up from a tie for 23rd.
With his surge, Weekley continued the streak of defending champions here making the cut.
The last defending champ who failed to qualify for weekend play was Love in 1993.
Anthony Kim was two shots back following a 67 and Cliff Kresge, Stewart Cink and Canadian Stephen Ames were three off the pace at 135.
A former US Open champion, Jim Furyk headlined a group of seven golfers that were four shots behind.
Furyk had a second straight 68 on Friday.
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