United States veteran Jim Furyk fired a four-under par 68 on Saturday to grab a one-stroke lead over South Africans Retief Goosen and Trevor Immelman after three rounds of the United States PGA Wachovia Championship.
Furyk, seeking his 12th career triumph and first since last year’s Western Open, stood on 11-under par 205 after 54 holes at the $6-million event.
Furyk birdied the third hole but followed with his only bogey of the third round at four. He answered with a birdie at the fourth and added birdies at the ninth, 10th and 16th holes to seize the lead.
Goosen fired a third-round 65 while Immelman shot 66 to stay one stroke off the pace.
”My putter was really good,” Immelman said. ”I was scoring really well.”
American Bo Van Pelt, who led after Saturday morning’s completion of the storm-interrupted second round, was fourth on 207 after a third-round 73.
American Shaun Micheel was on 208, one stroke ahead of compatriot Lucas Glover and Australian Adam Scott and two ahead of Fiji’s Vijay Singh, American Steve Lowery and Japan’s Shigeki Maruyama. – Sapa-AFP