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Maggert joins Every at top

Image: Jeff Maggert: chasing first PGA Tour win since 2006

Jeff Maggert joined overnight leader Matt Every on top of the leaderboard and two shots ahead of the pack at the Sony Open in Hawaii.

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American duo two ahead going into final round of Sony Open

Veteran Jeff Maggert joined Matt Every on top of the leaderboard and two shots ahead of the pack after the third round of the Sony Open in Hawaii. Maggert, 47, signed for a six-under score of 64 to reach 12-under for the tournament and was alone at the summit until Every birdied the 18th to join him. Maggert won his third and most recent PGA title in May 2006 but is now well placed to end his drought heading into Sunday's final round. He picked up his first birdie of the day at the fourth and then kickstarted his round on the par-five ninth with an eagle three. Three more birdies followed on the back nine, with no dropped shots in the round. Every, carrying a two-shot overnight lead, started disappointingly with a bogey at the second. But he soon located his form and birdied at six, seven and nine to take the front nine in two-under. He did not carry that hot streak on, though, and was level after the turn when he collected a stroke on the 16th and regained it with four shots on 18th. A group of three lie in wait on 10-under and Johnson Wagner, Brendon de Jonge and Charles Howell III will all be hoping to make their move in the final round. Wagner and Howell both took 66 shots on the day, with De Jonge five shots shy of Friday's stunning 62. DA Points and Duffy Waldorf are tied for sixth on nine-under, with a further 11 players another shot back. Carl Pettersson and David Hearn, tied for second at the halfway stage, are both in that group after losing ground with level-par 70s.

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