• Transitions Championship, Day Three

Furyk takes control of Transitions

Jim Furyk has moved ahead at the Transitions Championship © Getty Images

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Jim Furyk seized control of the Transitions Championship with a superb bogey-free round of 67 in the third round.

Furyk is hitting form with the Masters on the horizon and birdies at 11 and 12, the second a superb 33-foot putt, took him to ten-under and a further birdie at 15 cemented his position in the lead. He had a huge slice of luck on 16 as a wild tee shot looked destined for the water but it clunked into a tree and kicked into the centre of the fairway.

The American came home with pars on 16, 17 and 18 to secure a three-shot lead heading into the final day.

Padraig Harrington started the day at the top of the leaderboard but his touch on the greens deserted him and he is four off the lead after a round of 72.

KJ Choi is a huge fan of the Copperhead Course, being a two-time winner of the event, and he is firmly in contention at eight-under, but he let a shot slip away at 18.

Retief Goosen is level with Choi at eight-under and will need to shoot low on Sunday if he is to defend his title, while Bubba Watson and Carl Petterson are on the same score.

Luke Donald is firmly in the hunt after an excellent 67. The Englishman is feeling his way back to form following a poor 2009 that was plagued by injury and six birdies fired him up the leaderboard, but a poor tee shot and sloppy chip saw him bogey 18.

After an opening 73, Justin Rose has battled his way into contention and a 67 moved him firmly into the mix at five-under - but it could have been better had he not bogeyed the par five 11th.

A 65 from Geoff Ogilvy moved him to within a shot of Rose. It was a momentous effort from Ogilvy given his turbulent day. The Australian thought he had missed the cut and booked himself a flight home. He checked in at the airport only to be told he had made the cut. With his clubs already stowed, Ogilvy flew to Phoenix before making a return trip - arriving back in Tampa just three hours before his tee time.

Four birdies on the back nine moved unheralded Webb Simpson into contention at six-under. Nick O'Hern holed a huge birdie putt on the 18th to climb to six-under, the same score as John Senden.

World No. 2 Steve Stricker found water at 13 and he never really got back into the groove and a bogey at 17 saw him slip back to six-under.

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