Australia’s Jason Day has taken the outright lead late in the third round of golf’s World Cup at Royal Melbourne.
Day, who started the round on four under par, has picked up four shots in 15 holes on Saturday to climb to eight under.
Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn, who led the tournament on eight under at the start of the day, has fallen to seven under and second spot with three holes left in his round.
Day hit the front with birdies on the par 4 13th and par 5 15th holes. Earlier, Adam Scott shot a three-under par round of 68 to move to two under overall, six shots behind his fellow Australian.
2.10pm: Team Australia is making their move at the World Cup at Royal Melbourne. Rock-solid rounds starts on day three from Jason Day and Adam Scott have catapulted the hosts to within just two shots of the overnight
leader in the traditional team's event, United States duo Matt Kuchar and Kevin Streelman.
While he might have left his run too late in the race for the individual crown, Scott's effort in going three under through 15 holes on Saturday has helped push Australia's combined score to seven under, two behind the Americans at nine under.
Day has also kept him his end of the bargain, notching two birdies - and a bogey - to be one under through his first seven holes.
The United States went the third round seven shots ahead of the Australia in the $1 million team's event, but an early-round meltdown from Streelman has cost them.
Streelman, also runner-up in the individual event overnight at seven under, has had two bogeys and a double bogey to slip back to be three over for the day and four under overall.
Kuchar, though, has managed to hold his round together, sliding in two birdies in his first eight holes to be two under on the day and five under overall.
Overnight leader Thomas Bjorn from Denmark still leads the $7 million individual event at nine under (one under through six holes on day three) ahead of five players on five under, including Day, Kuchar and the bolter of the third round, Italian star Francesco Molinari (-5 through 13 holes).
1.40pm: Australia's Adam Scott is still nine shots off the lead during the third round of the golf World Cup at Royal Melbourne. Denmark's Thomas Bjorn, who is about to start his round, is in the lead on eight under par, with American Kevin Streelman on seven under and Australian Jason Day equal third on four under.
Scott is still one over par, having had a birdie and a bogey in his first eight holes today.
11.50am: Australia's Adam Scott is failing to make any ground early in his third round of golf's World Cup at Royal Melbourne.
Scott started the day on one over par, nine shots behind Denmark's Thomas Bjorn, and he's still nine shots behind the leader after parring the first three holes.
Australia's other entrant Jason Day, who is on four under par, will tee off just before 1pm (AEDT) in the second-last group.
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