American Brian Harman made a closing four-foot birdie for a five-under-par 65 and the sole lead after the third round at the Travelers Championship on Saturday.
Harman posted a 14-under 196 total at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut, one stroke in front of two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson (68) and Canadian Graham DeLaet (64), who is seeking his first PGA Tour victory.
American Brandt Snedeker matched the best score of the day, a bogey-free 63, to vault within three shots of the lead with fellow American Zach Johnson and Englishman Paul Casey.
The only previous time Harman held the lead after 54 holes was nearly a year ago, when he closed the deal at the John Deere Classic to win his first and only PGA Tour victory.
“This is what I strive for, to get opportunities to win golf tournaments,” said Harman, who made the cut as a 17-year-old at the 2004 Travelers Championship. “I love this place. I’m looking forward to [Sunday]. Hopefully, we put on a good show and play a lot of good golf.”
Watson, who won the 2010 Travelers Championship and held the halfway lead on Friday, carded a 68 that included three birdies.
DeLaet supplied some drama when he came within a whisker of an ace on the short 277-yard par-four 15th, where his tee shot rolled by the edge of the cup to finish six feet behind the hole. He made the eagle putt.
Due to forecast stormy weather overnight, yesterday’s final round was to be played in threesomes, starting off the first and 10th tees just before noon, to allow time for the course to be cleaned up in the morning.
BMW INTERNATIONAL
England’s James Morrison opened up a two-shot lead after three rounds of the BMW International on Saturday as overnight leader Rafael Cabrera-Bello fell six shots off the pace.
Morrison, 30, had been one shot off the lead on Friday, but was in fine form on Saturday with a third-round 67 to reach 16-under-par for the tournament.
Victory yesterday would have given the Englishman his second European Tour title in two months after he triumphed in the Spanish Open last month.
“I played good again,” said Morrison, whose victory in Spain came five years after his maiden title in Madeira. “I didn’t really give anything away. The scoring has always been low over the years, so you have just got to keep going low and keep making birdies, and I did that.”
Chris Paisley of England is second going into the final round, with Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee a shot further back in third and Sweden’s Peter Hanson fourth on 12-under.
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