Furyk sees lead shrink

Jim Furyk will take just a one-shot lead into the final round after a level-par 70 on Saturday

Jim Furyk retained his lead on day three of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club, but will take just a one-shot lead over Louis Oosthuizen into the final round.

Furyk was five clear at one stage during his round on Saturday, but it was cut to a single stroke at the finish after only managing to go round the Akron course in level-par to remain on 11-under overall.

Oosthuizen moved into second place with three birdies in his last 10 holes after he had bogeyed the par-four eighth, while Keegan Bradley was a further three shots back in third.

American Furyk, who followed up a magnificent opening round of 63 with a four-under 66 at the Firestone CC (South Course) on Friday to open up a two-stroke lead, was rather more subdued today.

He picked up just the one birdie at the par-five second to move to 12-under but fell back after dropping a shot at the par-three 13th.

Collapse from Cabrera-Bello

His closest challenger overnight had been Rafael Cabrera-Bello but the Spaniard saw his chances of victory evaporate after an horrendous seven-over-par 77 that drops him back to two-under.

It was therefore left to 2010 Open champion Oosthuizen, who has dropped just three shots in Ohio this week, to close the gap on Furyk.

Defending USPGA champion Bradley has a chance of catching the frontrunners after his three-under-par 67.

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy was a shot further back at six-under in a tie for fourth overall alongside Steve Stricker (68) after posting his second successive 67.

Justin Rose's round of 66 put him on five-under with Bo Van Pelt (66) and John Senden (66), while world number one Luke Donald (71) and Jason Dufner (73) were a further shot adrift.