Brian Harman recovered from a shaky begin on the way in which to an even-par 72 for a three-stroke lead via the third spherical of the Texas Open on Saturday.
The American wavered at instances after coming into the day with a four-shot edge however got here via sufficient as a number of contenders stalled of their pursuits.
Andrew Novak shot 69 to maneuver to 9 beneath in second place. Tom Hoge (68) is in third at eight beneath and Kevin Mitchell (73) is fourth at seven beneath.
Chad Ramey (70), Finland’s Sami Valimaki (70) and Japan’s Ryo Hisatsune (73) all share fifth place.
Harman had bogeys on two of the primary 4 holes. Birdies on Nos 14 and 17 received him on monitor.
But, the late-round challenges included needing to scramble for par on the par-3 sixteenth gap after his tee shot was within the fringe tough.
Canada’s Corey Conners, a two-time winner of the match, had labored himself into rivalry earlier than a disastrous stretch.
He started on the bottom and chipped in for eagle on No 17, sharing third place on the leaderboard.
However Conners performed his final two holes in three over, with a double-bogey six on No 9.
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