Verizon Heritage:Brian Davis and Luke Donald face a final-day cavalry charge at the Verizon Heritage on Sunday if they are to close out long-awaited victories on the PGA Tour. Davis trails 54-hole leader Jim Furyk by one stroke at 10-under-par after a third-round, five-under-par 66 at Harbour Town Golf Links.
Fellow Englishman Donald is an additional shot behind Furyk at nine under in a seven-way tie for third place with another 14 players within six shots of the lead heading into the final round.
World number six Furyk, who co-led the tournament at halfway with fellow American Charles Howell III and England's Greg Owen, claimed the outright lead with a final-hole birdie for a 67 to get to 11 under.
Davis, based in Orlando, and seeking his first win in America after two European Tour titles, had already reached the clubhouse after a bogey-free round while Donald, in search of a first victory since the 2006 Honda Classic, fired four birdies for a four-under 67.
Donald is tied for third with Canada's Stephen Ames, who shot a six-under-par 65 for the second day in a row, and Americans Briny Baird and Ricky Barnes, who each posted a 66, as well as Woody Austin (67), Heath Slocum (67) and two-time champion Boo Weekley (68).
Australian duo Nick O'Hern, who had a 64 for the low round of the day, and Aaron Baddeley (68) are on eight under with Bo Van Pelt (66) of the United States and Colombian Camilo Villegas (67).
Sweden's Fredrik Jacobson was another low scorer with a 65 that got him to six under, where he joined fellow Swedes Robert Karlsson (69) and Carl Pettersen (70) as well as Open champion Stewart Cink (67) while Owen and Scotland's Martin Laird were in another large group at five under following a 73 and 70 respectively.
There was also a 70 for England's world number seven Paul Casey, who had shot a 65 on Friday and finished the third round at three under for the week.
Five-time winner Davis Love III enjoyed a hole in one at the par-three fourth, the second ace of the week there after Jerry Kelly did the same in the first round.
Love finished with a level-par round of 71 that left him even for the tournament but John Daly paid for a third-round 74 that left him at one over par and one of the 10 golfers who fell prey to the secondary cut after 82 players had survived into the weekend.
Collated third round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour Verizon Heritage, Harbour Town Golf Links, Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States of America
(USA unless stated, par 71):
202Jim Furyk 67 68 67
203Brian Davis (Eng) 68 69 66
204Ricky Barnes 69 69 66, Boo Weekley 68 68 68, Woody Austin 67 70 67, Luke Donald (Eng) 69 68 67, Heath Slocum 70 67 67, Briny Baird 71 67 66, Stephen Ames (Can) 74 65 65
205Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 68 69 68, Bo Van Pelt 67 72 66, Camilo Villegas (Col) 70 68 67, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 69 72 64
206Will MacKenzie 68 72 66, Zach Johnson 71 66 69, Webb Simpson 70 68 68
207Robert Karlsson (Swe) 70 68 69, J J Henry 68 68 71, Kris Blanks 70 68 69, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 74 68 65, Stewart Cink 71 69 67, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 69 68 70, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl) 71 66 70
208Jerry Kelly 67 71 70, Spencer Levin 72 66 70, Brendon De Jonge 72 69 67, Jason Dufner 67 72 69, Greg Owen (Eng) 66 69 73, Charles Howell III 68 67 73, Chad Campbell 69 67 72, Brett Quigley 69 68 71, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 68 69 71, Marc Leishman (Aus) 70 70 68, Martin Laird (Sco) 69 69 70, Tom Gillis 72 68 68, Tim Clark (Rsa) 67 70 71
209Kevin Na 70 71 68, Omar Uresti 73 67 69, Mike Weir (Can) 66 73 70, J.P. Hayes 69 68 72, Rickie Fowler 68 72 69, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 69 67 73, Matthew Jones (Aus) 69 70 70
210Bryce Molder 68 68 74, Michael Letzig 68 72 70, Michael Allen 72 67 71, K J Choi (Kor) 64 74 72, Paul Casey (Eng) 75 65 70, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 70 71 69, Matt Kuchar 71 67 72
211Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 74 68 69, Byeong-hun An (Kor) 69 70 72, Michael Bradley 69 72 70, Brian Gay 72 70 69, Graham Delaet (Can) 74 68 69, Chris Tidland 70 72 69, Cameron Beckman 73 66 72, Glen Day 67 73 71
212George McNeill 71 70 71, J.B. Holmes 73 69 70, Bill Haas 67 75 70, Steve Flesch 70 71 71, Scott Piercy 71 70 71, Jason Day (Aus) 70 70 72, Blake Adams 77 63 72
213Richard S Johnson (Swe) 72 70 71, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 72 70 71, Davis Love III 67 75 71, Steve Lowery 74 68 71, Matt Bettencourt 68 72 73, Michael Connell 72 70 71, Shaun Micheel 67 70 76
214Chad Collins 67 73 74, James Driscoll 67 72 75
215Chris DiMarco 70 71 74, Johnson Wagner 72 68 75, D.J. Trahan 71 69 75
216Charlie Wi (Kor) 70 71 75, John Daly 72 70 74
217Alex Cejka (Ger) 72 70 75
218Mark Anderson 70 70 78, Ben Curtis 69 72 77