* Furyk cards an even 70 to lead by one shot
* Oosthuizen alone in second after firing a 68
* Woods 11 shots off the pace
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By Mark Lamport-Stokes
AKRON, Ohio, Aug 4 (Reuters) – American Jim Furyk, seeking
his first PGA Tour victory in two years, survived a testing back
nine with several ice-cool par saves to cling on to the lead in
Saturday’s third round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
Two shots ahead overnight, Furyk briefly led by five before
ending a muggy and increasingly breezy day at the fast-running
Firestone Country Club one stroke clear of the chasing pack.
The veteran American carded a level-par 70 on the
challenging South Course where several greens were not receptive
to approach shots to finish at 11-under 199, one ahead of South
African Louis Oosthuizen, who fired a three-birdie 68.
American Keegan Bradley, who will defend his PGA
Championship title at Kiawah Island in South Carolina next week,
was a further three strokes back at seven under after carding a
67.
Tiger Woods, in pursuit of a record eighth Bridgestone
Invitational crown, rebounded from two days of putting woes at
Firestone to shoot a 68 for a level-par total of 210, a distant
11 shots off the pace.
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