Paul Goydos birdied four holes in a row on the back nine to fire his second seven-under par 63 in three days and take a one-stroke lead at the PGA Travelers Championship.

Goydos stood on 16-under par 194 after 54 holes with fellow American Kenny Perry, the Masters runner-up, second on 195 after a third-round 66 and David Toms third on 196, also after firing a 66 on Saturday afternoon.

Goydos birdied the second hole and sandwiched birdies at the seventh and ninth around his lone bogey of the round at the eighth. After another birdie at the 11th, Goydos began his run of four birdies at the 13th.

The run ended when Goydos sank a 28-foot putt from off the 16th green.

"I had a circus putt on 16," Goydos said. "It was turning lemons into lemonade. Those are the things that are the difference between maybe shooting 68 and 63."

The late surge enabled Goydos to edge past Perry, who led Toms by a stroke after Saturday morning's completion of the storm-struck second round of the two-million dollar tournament. Half the field had to finish round two Saturday.

Another rain delay late in the third round brought an hour's delay before both leaders parred into the clubhouse, Perry missing a five-foot birdie bid in the gathering gloom on the 18th to match Goydos for the lead.

"When it gets dark I don't see very good," Perry said. "I can't see the lines when it gets dark and that's just the way it was."

Toms suffered his first bogey in the event on the 10th hole in the third round, snapping a streak of 45 holes in a row with a five-foot par miss.

AFP

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