Sunday 9 July 2017 19:22, UK
Sebastian Munoz remained on course for his maiden PGA Tour title as he overcame a nervy start to maintain a two-shot lead after the third round of the Greenbrier Classic.
Munoz, who has been at the top of the leaderboard since opening with a sizzling 61, fired a resolute two-under 68 at the Old White TPC in West Virginia, while a resurgent Robert Streb emerged as his closest challenger after he carded an entertaining 65 - the low round of the day.
Ryder Cup-winning captain Davis Love III kept himself in with a chance to depose Sam Snead as the oldest winner of a PGA Tour title, although a 68 leaves him four off the lead heading into the final round.
Munoz led by three overnight and enjoyed an early bonus as he holed from 25 feet for birdie at the first, but a pulled drive into rough at the next cost him a shot and he also bogeyed the fifth after racing a long-range putt past the hole and off the front of the green.
But the Colombian responded with a birdie at the sixth and steadied himself with a nice run of pars before nailing another 25-foot putt for birdie at the 13th to get under the card for the day.
He bettered that two holes later as he holed from 35 feet for a welcome two, and after leaving another birdie putt agonisingly short at 17, Munoz did well to scramble a par at the last as he got up and down from the right fringe to stay at 14 under par.
Streb produced two remarkable shots during his round, which he started by holing a mammoth putt from over 90 feet for an outrageous birdie at the first, and he picked up three shots in four holes while blotting his card twice on the outward half.
He then holed a good putt for a three at 11 and hammered a stunning hybrid from the left rough at the long 12th, and his ball bounded onto the green and began tracking towards the hole before pulling up a foot short of dropping for an albatross.
Streb followed the tap-in eagle with six closing pars which proved enough to retain outright second ahead of rising star Xander Schauffele and Jamie Lovemark, who both returned 66s.
Love, now 53, is a further stroke off the pace after an erratic 68 which featured five birdies and three bogeys as he looks to become the first player in PGA Tour history to win twice after joining the senior ranks.
