England’s Harry Hall produced a stunning late birdie burst to cut his lead to within two shots heading into the final round of the PGA Tour’s Sony Open in Hawaii.

Hall was four strokes off the half-way lead at Waialae Country Club and was in danger of falling out of contention after playing the first 13 holes of the third round at one under par, but was in danger of falling out of contention in the final five He made only four birdies on the hole and shot a 5-under 65.

The world No. 86 got within striking range of his tee shot on the par-4 14th and hit a 45-footer on the next hole. Hall connected on the par-4 16th and made two on the final par-5. Push birdie. Move below 11.

Hall was tied for fifth with Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley and former Open champion Brian Harman, with JJ Spann topping a crowded leaderboard that was narrowly divided among 15 players heading into the final day. The difference was only three strokes.

“I think the last few games I’ve put a little bit of pressure on myself and had a goal in mind to achieve,” Hall said. “I think tomorrow I’ll be more patient and maybe take some pressure off my shoulders and go out there and try to take it one shot at a time.”

Spahn had seven birdies and two birdies to shoot a third-round 65, ahead of Germany’s Stephan Jaeger, who shot a 62 in the week-round to jump up the leaderboard. , Eric Cole and Patrick Fishburn.

Spann, 34, has previously played in 218 PGA Tour events, with his only win coming at the 2022 Texas Open. Last year, he had four top-10 finishes.

Denny McCarthy shared the lead with Fishburn, but an over-par 71 left him four shots behind.

Gary Woodland (10 under), Zach Johnson (8 under) are among 27 players within five strokes of last week’s Sentinel winner Hideki Matsuyama (8 under) (par 7) was one stroke behind, but not completely out of contention yet.

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