Sergio Garcia maintained a three-shot buffer atop the leaderboard after the third round of the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club but Marc Leishman and Adam Scott are close enough if good enough.
Fresh from a course record equalling nine-under 61 in round two, Garcia carded a tidy three under 67 to push out to 14-under for the tournament.
He is three clear of world No.2 Rory McIlroy who put up a 66 to be 11-under and set up a Sunday showdown.
Leishman managed a 68 on Saturday to sit third on his own at nine-under par, five back.
He will play in the penultimate group on Sunday with world No.1 Scott who put up the equal best score of the day, a five-under 65 to move to eight-under and share fourth with Justin Rose (70) and Keegan Bradley (67).
Scott opened with bogey but birdied three of his next four and then found three more birdies on the back nine.
“I’m pretty happy with that, although I could have done much better,” Scott said.
“I certainly felt like I had the putter rolling nicely today, so hopefully that continues tomorrow.
Leishman failed to make a charge on the front nine, trading two birdies with two bogeys but found birdies on the 11th and 13th holes before play was suspended for dangerous weather.
After a lengthy rain delay of just over three hours the Victorian birdied the 17th but gave the shot back with bogey on the last.
“It was a good day. It would have been nice to have a few lower but I played well in parts and hit a few pretty ordinary shots as well,” Leishman said.
So to shoot a couple under was pretty decent.
Scott’s No.1 spot is potentially on the line as British Open champion McIlroy can take the throne if he can reel in Garcia and win the event while Scott finishes outside a fifth place finish.
John Senden continued to bounce back after his tough opening round, pushing into a tie for 18th at three-under after a 67.
Matt Jones (69) is one-under and tied 26th while Steven Bowditch (73) is three-over.
Jason Day withdrew two holes into the third round after suffering from dizzy spells.
Eight time event winner and defending champion Tiger Woods (72) is out of contention at one-over par in a tie for 36th.