{"id":13177,"date":"2012-08-05T02:05:58","date_gmt":"2012-08-05T00:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/golf-furyk-holds-slim-lead-after-third-round-at-firestone\/"},"modified":"2012-08-05T02:05:58","modified_gmt":"2012-08-05T00:05:58","slug":"golf-furyk-holds-slim-lead-after-third-round-at-firestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golf-furyk-holds-slim-lead-after-third-round-at-firestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-Furyk holds slim lead after third round at Firestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Mark Lamport-Stokes<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">AKRON, Ohio<\/span> Aug 4 (Reuters) &#8211; American Jim Furyk, seeking<br \/>\nhis first PGA Tour victory in two years, survived a testing back<br \/>\nnine to cling on to the lead in Saturday&#8217;s third round of the<br \/>\nWGC-Bridgestone Invitational.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Two shots ahead overnight, Furyk briefly led by five before<br \/>\nending a muggy and increasingly breezy day at Firestone Country<br \/>\nClub one stroke clear of the chasing pack.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The veteran American carded a level-par 70 on the<br \/>\nchallenging South Course to finish at 11-under 199, one ahead of<br \/>\nSouth African Louis Oosthuizen, who fired a three-birdie 68.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>American Keegan Bradley, who will defend his PGA<br \/>\nChampionship title at Kiawah Island in South Carolina next week,<br \/>\nwas a further three strokes back at seven under after carding a<br \/>\n67.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tiger Woods, in pursuit of a record eighth Bridgestone<br \/>\nInvitational crown, rebounded from two days of putting woes at<br \/>\nFirestone to shoot a 68 for a level-par total of 210, a distant<br \/>\n11 shots off the pace.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Furyk, who clinched the most recent of his 16 PGA Tour<br \/>\nvictories at the 2010 season-ending Tour Championship, made a<br \/>\ngood start to the third round, a birdie at the par-five second<br \/>\nputting him four ahead.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>When Oosthuizen bogeyed the par-four eighth, Furyk&#8217;s lead<br \/>\nincreased to five but the South African immediately recovered<br \/>\nwith a birdie at the ninth to reach the turn in even-par 35.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Oosthuizen, the 2010 British Open champion, picked up<br \/>\nfurther shots at the par-three 12th, where he drained a<br \/>\n25-footer, and the 16th to close the gap while Furyk bogeyed the<br \/>\n12th after missing the green to the right off the tee.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mark Lamport-Stokes AKRON, Ohio Aug 4 (Reuters) &#8211; American Jim Furyk, seeking his first PGA Tour victory in two years, survived a testing back nine to cling on to the lead in Saturday&#8217;s third round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. 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