Kyle Stanley shot a 68 to move five shots clear heading into the final round of the Farmer Insurance Open.
Stanley\'s five-birdie, one-bogey round in Saturday\'s third round at Torrey Pines saw him finish on 18 under par, a full five shots clear of rookie John Huh and three-time Tour champion John Rollins.
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Bill Haas and Sang-Moon Bae are a shot further back, but all the chasers will have their work cut out for them if they are to prevent Stanley from picking up his breakthrough first
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on the PGA Tour.
Stanley told pgatour.com: \"I\'ve never had (a third-round lead) - especially one this big.
\"I\'m real happy with where I\'m at but I still have to go out there tomorrow and just keep playing
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In fact, Stanley\'s third-round total of 198 tied Tiger Woods for the 54-hole record at Torrey Pines.
Woods led by eight strokes heading into the final round back in 2008 and ended up winning by the same margin.
Rollins knows Stanley is the big favourite.
\"He\'s clearly playing
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well and in control of his game,\" he said. \"I can only console myself and my game. That\'s what I\'m going to do.
\"Just go out and maybe make a few early birdies and try to get some heat on him and see what happens. Anything can happen on this golf course.\"
Haas, the reigning FedExCup champ, is tied for fourth at 12 under after a 70.
Also at that number is rookie Bae, who was in the mix a week ago at the Humana Challenge.