US PGA TOUR PLAY-OFFS

Furyk leads by one from Donald, Goosen

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Luke Donald lies in joint second after round three of the Tour Championship in Atlanta after a costly double-bogey towards the end of his round.
Donald, who had held a share of the second-round lead, opened up a one-shot lead after nine holes and then carded five straight pars.
But a double-bogey 7 at the 15th saw the Ryder Cup player finish level with Retief Goosen on seven under 203.
American Jim Furyk leads the way on eight under 202 after a round of 70.

Donald got off to a perfect start with a superb tee-shot and 10-foot birdie putt on the par-three second, but dropped a shot on the fifth.

He then put together three pars before going in front with a birdie at the par-five ninth, which put him one shot ahead of Furyk, who began his round with nine straight pars.

Furyk blotted his copybook by dropping a shot at the 10th, but birdies at the 14th and 15th pushed him clear, although a bogey at the 17th meant he ended the day with just a one-shot advantage.

Donald admitted that overall he was fairly pleased with his day's work - apart from one obvious exception.
"I was in pretty good shape after two shots but hit a horrible wedge (into a greenside bunker) and three-putted to easily rack up a seven," he said.
"I'll try to forget that and other than that it was a pretty solid day. I'd rather be level with Jim than one behind, he's a very solid player, but it was one of those days where I had a few putts that hit the edge of the hole. But I am still in good shape."
Australia's Geoff Ogilvy lies fourth, three shots off the pace on five under.
He could hardly have chosen a worse start than a bogey at the first and double bogey at the second, but picked up shots at the fourth and fifth.
Although he dropped shots on the 13th and 14th, a birdie two at the final hole ensured he ended the day on a positive note.
Paul Casey, joint fifth on 206 after a 69, is four shots off the pace but could get scoop the pool if he finishes with a round like Nick Watney had on Saturday - a seven-under-par 63 which lifted him up to eighth place on 208. Justin Rose had a 72 for 214 while Martin Laird cannot get out of the doldrums. He is tailed off by three shots at the bottom of the heap after a third-round 74 for 222.
Sunday's final round will start earlier (9am local time) than originally planned because of bad weather forecast to hit the Atlanta area late afternoon.
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 210 (3x70)
202 Jim Furyk 67 65 70
203 Retief Goosen 71 66 66, Luke Donald 66 66 71.
205 Geoff Ogilvy 66 67 72
206 Paul Casey 66 71 69, Kevin Na 69 68 69.
207 Charley Hoffman 71 67 69.
208 Nick Watney 71 74 63.
209 Phil Mickelson 69 72 68, Kevin Streelman 70 70 69, Jason Day 69 69 71.
210 Ryan Moore 70 72 68, Camilo Villegas 73 69 68, Steve Stricker 74 68 68, K J Choi 68 68 74.
211 Bubba Watson 75 69 67.
212 Zach Johnson 74 72 66, Bo Van Pelt 74 69 69, Robert Allenby 71 70 71.
213 Tim Clark 70 73 70, Ernie Els 71 71 71, Hunter Mahan 69 71 73.
214 Adam Scott 74 71 69, Matt Kuchar 72 70 72, Justin Rose 74 68 72.
216 Ben Crane 71 69 76.
217 Dustin Johnson73 71 73
218 Jeff Overton 75 70 73
219 Ryan Palmer 74 72 73.
222 Martin Laird 75 73 74.