Seamus Power shot his lowest round of the week to sit six shots off leader Neal Shipley at the Biltmore Championship in Asheville.
Tied for sixth overnight, Power bogeyed the third but recovered with a birdie at the next, and he reached the turn three under for his round after an eagle on the eighth.
His back nine echoed his front nine, with an early bogey – on the 10th – before he picked up birdies at the 12th, 15th, 17th and 18th to shoot 65 and finish on 15 under par.
Shipley also managed a round of 65, although his was a tidier one, with four birdies and an eagle on the par-five 15th. He heads for the final round on 21 under par.
His playing partner Ben Kohles also fired a 65, which included back-to-back birdies on the finishing holes, to get to 20 under.
Shipley did not match Friday’s birdie-birdie-eagle start, but did record his second eagle in two days, reaching the 15th hole in two shots and sinking a short putt for eagle. He added four birdies.
Eric Cole and Ricky Castillo are tied for third at 17 under par. Cole fired a 64, while Castillo backed up his 62 on Friday by matching Shipley and Kohles with a six-under round on Saturday.
China’s Haotong Li fired a tournament-low round of 10-under-par 61 to vault up 31 places into a tie for seventh, alongside Power at 15 under.
The Waterford man is due to start his final just after 2pm Irish time tomorrow.
Additional reporting: Reuters