There’s still a long way to go in The Heritage, but Jason Day has put himself in contention in yet another week.
The 23-year-old Aussie, who is coming off a tie for second at the Masters, has birdied three of his last five holes and is now 10 under for the week. In Day’s last 24 holes, he’s 8 under with nine birdies and just one bogey.
He has company, of course, in defending champion Jim Furyk, who is 7 under over his last 23 holes with seven birdies and no bogeys.
Meanwhile, Ricky Barnes and Tommy Gainey have moved within two of day and Furyk with each 4 under on their rounds today.
Donald loses lead after double bogey
With a bunched leaderboard and a course that’s susceptible to birdies, one bad swing is all it can sometimes take to drop down the leaderbord. Case in point: Luke Donald.
The Englishman had been cruising along, sitting atop the leaderboard through the first two rounds at Harbour Town — until he yanked his second shot left and out of bounds on the par-5 second hole. He went on to make double bogey and as a result has fallen a shot off a lead that was his after a second-round 65.
Now there are three players tied at the top, including defending champion Jim Furyk and Camilo Villegas. Garrett Willis is also at 9 under.
In all, there are 18 players within three shots of the lead on what looks like will be a pretty big moving day.
Your open thread: The Heritage, Rd. 3
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Luke Donald has the lead heading into Saturday’s third round at Harbour Town.
It’s moving day at The Heritage, where Luke Donald leads (for now). Can he hang on the rest of the weekend and reach No. 1 in the world? Or will Jim Furyk defend his title? Discuss the round here all day.
Furyk in familiar position
Harbour Town is ball-striker’s golf course, which explains why Luke Donald has done so well there and why Jim Furyk won there a year ago. Furyk enters today’s round just two shots back of Donald, and he’s having an eerily similar week compared to a year ago (see below).