Spaniard Jon Rahm produced a superb eight-under-par 64 to take a one-shot lead ahead of Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood into the final round of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.
Rahm climbed up nine places to finish Saturday a stroke clear at the top of the leaderboard on 15 under, which included an eagle on the 11th - and could have been better but for an earlier bogey at the sixth.
McIlroy, meanwhile, signed for a 70 after a slow start saw him drop shots on the opening two holes. He also found the water at the 16th but recovered to save par.
"To turn under par was a good effort after two early bogeys," the four-time major winner told American broadcaster NBC Sports.
"Once I got back to level par I felt like I had settled in to the round."
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McIlroy, who headed back out to the driving range, added: "I just need to hit fairways and greens. It's all cliche.
"One shot at a time and all that and hopefully I can turn tomorrow into the best Sunday of the year so far for me."
Fleetwood also carded a third-round two-under-par 70 after battling back from a terrible start.
The Englishman - who led last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational before eventually finishing tied for third - suffered a double-bogey six on the first hole and was three over for his round after taking five at both the fourth and seventh.
However, four birdies on the back nine salvaged his round to leave him very much in contention on Sunday.
"I just kept going. I hit some dreadful shots early on and made an absolute hash of the first hole after a good tee shot. That was followed by poor shots on four and into six and seven," Fleetwood said on Sky Sports.
"It was a real test of grit and mental strength. I got it round and did some really good stuff on the back nine. I'm really pleased with how it finished."
Here are the tee times for the final day at The Players...
| USA unless stated; all times GMT | |
| Starting at hole 1 | |
| 1150 | Scott Langley |
| 1155 | Jimmy Walker, CT Pan (Tpe) |
| 1204 | Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Brooks Koepka |
| 1213 | Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Bud Cauley |
| 1222 | Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Jason Kokrak |
| 1231 | Branden Grace (Rsa), Cameron Smith (Aus) |
| 1240 | Charles Howell III, Chris Kirk |
| 1249 | Gary Woodland, Andrew Landry |
| 1258 | Martin Trainer, Seamus Power (Irl) |
| 1307 | Scott Piercy, Francesco Molinari (Ita) |
| 1316 | Sung Kang (Kor), Kelly Kraft |
| 1325 | Martin Kaymer (Ger), Sergio Garcia (Esp) |
| 1335 | Si Woo Kim (Kor), Brice Garnett |
| 1345 | Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng), Tiger Woods |
| 1355 | Daniel Berger, Danny McCarthy |
| 1405 | Justin Thomas, Bubba Watson |
| 1415 | Billy Horschel, Luke List |
| 1425 | Matt Wallace (Eng), Michael Thompson |
| 1435 | Rory Sabbatini (Slv), Keith Mitchell |
| 1445 | Russell Knox (Sco), Matt Kuchar |
| 1455 | Richy Werenski, Nick Taylor (Can) |
| 1505 | Ian Poulter (Eng), Brian Gay |
| 1515 | Byeong Hun An (Kor), J.T Poston |
| 1525 | Lucas Bjerregaard (Den), Webb Simpson |
| 1535 | Ryan Moore, Tom Hoge |
| 1545 | Rickie Fowler, Corey Conners (Can) |
| 1555 | Vaughn Taylor, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) |
| 1605 | Tony Finau, Bryson DeChambeau |
| 1615 | Eddie Pepperell (Eng), Justin Rose (Eng) |
| 1625 | Kevin Kisner, Jhonattan Vegas (Ven) |
| 1635 | Patrick Reed, Adam Scott (Aus) |
| 1645 | Jim Furyk, Joel Dahmen |
| 1655 | Dustin Johnson, Brian Harman |
| 1705 | Brandt Snedeker, Keegan Bradley |
| 1715 | Abraham Ancer (Mex), Ollie Schneiderjans |
| 1725 | Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Jason Day (Aus) |
| 1735 | Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Jon Rahm (Esp) |