Sergio Garcia boosted his hopes of qualifying for the European Ryder Cup team by moving to the top of the leaderboard after the third round of the Wyndham Championship.
The 32-year-old Spaniard had five birdies and one bogey to card a round of 66 which gives him a one-shot advantage at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Garcia, a best-priced 7/2 favourite with
SportingBet, is looking forward to the final round which he hopes will bring a victory that can lift him into the top 10 of the European Ryder Cup standings.
He said: “Obviously I’d love to be two or three shots better but I'm in a good situation.
“It will be a tough day, there's no doubt about it. A lot of very good players are behind me and trying to achieve the same thing.
“Hopefully I'll play well again and give myself a good shot at winning.”
Those in closest pursuit are Bud Cauley and South Africa’s Tim Clark, who fired 66 and 67 respectively in their third rounds.
Jason Dufner, Harris English and Sweden's Carl Pettersson are a further shot adrift.
Wyndham Championship collated third round scores and totals (USA unless stated, par 70):
196 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 67 63 66
197 Bud Cauley 66 65 66, Tim Clark (Rsa) 63 67 67
198 Jason Dufner 68 67 63, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 62 68 68, Harris English 66 64 68
199 Matthew Every 65 66 68, Davis Love III 67 66 66, Jimmy Walker 66 62 71
200 Chad Campbell 71 64 65, Justin Leonard 68 68 64, Bill Haas 68 65 67, Richard H Lee 66 69 65, Will Claxton 69 66 65, Troy Matteson 64 68 68, Webb Simpson 66 63 71
201 Scott Stallings 64 70 67, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 67 68 66, Bobby Gates 69 67 65, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 67 65 69, Tommy Gainey 66 67 68
202 John Merrick 66 69 67, Billy Horschel 69 67 66, Brandt Snedeker 67 67 68, Heath Slocum 68 67 67, Kevin Streelman 68 66 68
203 D.A. Points 68 68 67, Brendon De Jonge 68 68 67, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 67 68 68, John Huh (Kor) 69 65 69, Rocco Mediate 70 65 68, Graham Delaet (Can) 69 67 67
204 Chris Kirk 66 69 69, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 68 66 70, Tim Herron 76 61 67, Kyle Thompson 69 67 68, Dicky Pride 69 68 67, Gary Christian (Eng) 67 70 67, Patrick Cantlay 70 68 66, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 67 71 66
205 Nick Watney 66 69 70, Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 68 68 69, Jeff Overton 69 69 67, Kyle Reifers 67 72 66, Jamie Donaldson (Wal) 68 66 71, Russell Knox (Sco) 68 68 69, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 67 69 69, Blake Adams 67 71 67
206 Kevin Stadler 73 65 68, Scott Dunlap 70 69 67, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 68 71 67, Jonas Blixt (Swe) 72 67 67
207 Chez Reavie 67 69 71, Charles Howell III 67 69 71, Derek Lamely 69 68 70, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 67 70 70, David Mathis 63 71 73, Ryan Moore 71 68 68, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 67 71 69, Josh Teater 67 71 69
208 Brendan Steele 72 65 71, Jerry Kelly 72 67 69, Cameron Beckman 73 66 69, Troy Kelly 71 68 69
209 Charlie Wi (Kor) 72 67 70, Ben Kohles 72 67 70, Camilo Villegas (Col) 72 67 70, Kevin Kisner 68 71 70
210 Chris Stroud 68 70 72, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 66 69 75
212 Jason Kokrak 66 69 77, Tom Pernice Jnr. 70 68 74
213 Jeff Maggert 68 71 74, Billy Mayfair 69 70 74
215 Paul Casey (Eng) 68 70 77
WD: Tom Gillis 64 70, Lucas Glover 68 69