Golf:Brian Davis shared the lead on a much-changed leaderboard after a third-round 64 at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut, while Ireland's Pádraig Harrington ensured he can be a threat in today's final round after a 65 left him three behind the Englishman and American Roland Thatcher.
Thatcher also shot 65, as both he and Davis emerged from the chasing pack to pull two strokes clear at the summit. John Rollins, James Driscoll and Stuart Appleby shared third on 10 under while Harrington, who made seven birdies in eight holes from the sixth in a vintage performance, is among the group a further shot back.
The Dubliner was scheduled to tee off in his final round at 6.40pm (Irish time) today.
Friday night's leader Fredrik Jacobsen slipped back to nine under after a level-par 70 to remain locked together with Charley Hoffman, his nearest challenger along with Nathan Green when thunderstorms halted play on Friday.
Australian Green finished the day six under.
Davis made his move on the front nine today with three pairs of birdies. His one dropped shot, at the 13th, was cancelled out two holes later as he came home in a level-par 35.
The Londoner is still searching for his maiden PGA Tour win and is best known for calling a penalty on himself during a play-off with Jim Furyk at the 2010 Verizon Heritage, denying himself the chance of victory but earning widespread praise.
Thatcher would have finished in the outright lead but for a bogey at the 17th, having made six birdies in a previously unblemished round.
Rollins matched Thatcher's five-under-par total despite a double bogey at the short eighth, also carding eight birdies and a bogey.
Driscoll eagled the par-four 15th in a 66 while Appleby's solid 67 featured only one dropped shot, at the fifth.
Jacobsen, who for the second year running at this tournament had finished his second round leading on nine under, took six at the par-four 10th and also made three bogeys, negating the effect of his five birdies.
His total was matched by Hoffman, who was halted in full flow by Friday's early finish which came when he was on a run of five successive birdies. He slipped back to three under for his second round and a third successive 67 left him three shots off the lead.
The pair were joined on nine under by Harrington, who made seven birdies in eight holes from the sixth in a vintage performance, Matt Kuchar, Tim Clark and Will Claxton.
The group at eight under featured Masters champion and 2010 winner Bubba Watson, Camilo Villegas, Robert Karlsson and Chez Reavie, while Watson's fellow reigning major winners Webb Simpson and Keegan Bradley were seven under and four under respectively.
A secondary cut had to be applied after 88 players made the halfway cut.
First-round leader David Mathis was a surprise figure heading home a day early. The American started the tournament on Thursday with birdies either side of a hole in one, and was six under after six holes, but followed his opening 64 with rounds of 73 and 74 to end his participation.
Collated third-round scores (USA unless stated, par 70):
198Brian Davis (Eng) 67 67 64, Roland Thatcher 66 67 65
200John Rollins 68 67 65, James Driscoll 68 66 66, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 68 65 67
201Charley Hoffman 67 67 67, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 65 66 70, Will Claxton 65 67 69, Matt Kuchar 67 68 66, Tim Clark (Rsa) 66 69 66, Pádraig Harrington (Irl) 69 67 65
202Robert Karlsson (Swe) 68 68 66, Camilo Villegas (Col) 68 64 70, Bubba Watson 66 71 65, Chez Reavie 66 71 65
203Brendon De Jonge 72 65 66, Brandt Jobe 67 72 64, Blake Adams 69 64 70, Webb Simpson 66 69 68
204Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 67 68 69, Nathan Green (Aus) 65 69 70, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 68 68 68, Marc Leishman (Aus) 68 66 70, Bo Van Pelt 70 67 67, Brian Harman 70 65 69, Tommy Gainey 66 68 70, Kevin Streelman 68 69 67
205Bryce Molder 71 67 67, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 71 66 68, Vaughn Taylor 70 70 65, Billy Mayfair 68 66 71, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 67 69 69, Chris Couch 72 67 66, Heath Slocum 70 66 69, Charlie Wi (Kor) 70 65 70, J J Henry 73 67 65, Billy Horschel 71 67 67, Rocco Mediate 66 70 69
206Jerry Kelly 66 72 68, Keegan Bradley 68 68 70, Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 68 69 69, Gary Christian (Eng) 66 68 72, Graham Delaet (Can) 68 68 70
207Tim Herron 72 68 67, Zach Johnson 72 65 70, Kyle Stanley 70 67 70, Lucas Glover 70 66 71, Harris English 69 71 67, Derek Lamely 68 71 68, Vijay Singh (Fij) 71 69 67, Jeff Maggert 69 66 72, J.B. Holmes 70 62 75, Sean O'Hair 70 68 69, Ian Poulter (Eng) 68 71 68, Cameron Tringale 69 70 68, Patrick Reed 73 66 68
208Chris Stroud 71 68 69, Chris Di Marco 67 70 71, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 69 69 70, Gavin Coles (Aus) 73 65 70, Charlie Beljan 73 67 68, Jamie Lovemark 70 70 68, Billy Hurley III 69 67 72, Roberto Castro 67 70 71, Richard H. Lee 72 67 69, Johnson Wagner 69 70 69, Ryan Moore 72 67 69
209Hunter Mahan 70 69 70, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 71 68 70, Ken Duke 67 69 73
210George McNeill 73 66 71, John Merrick 72 65 73, Miguel Angel Carballo (Arg) 71 69 70, Tim Petrovic 71 69 70, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 68 69 73
211Patrick Sheehan 68 72 71, Neal Lancaster 72 68 71, Stephen Gangluff 67 71 73, David Mathis 64 73 74, D.J. Trahan 73 67 71
212 Jason Kokrak 74 66 72, Brian Gay 68 72 72, Danny Lee (Nzl) 69 70 73
213Scott Dunlap 75 65 73, John Peterson 70 70 73, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 74 66 73, Tom Pernice Jnr. 74 66 73
214Bart Bryant 71 69 74
