Defending champion Rory McIlroy shot into contention with a third round 66 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill.
The Hollywood golfer struck seven birdies in total, including three in the final four holes, to leave himself on eight under par for the tournament, one shot adrift of the current leader Matthew Fitzpatrick.
The former world number one, strong off the tee, birdied four of his first six holes and three of his final four as he continued solid play for the season.
McIlroy's round could have been even stronger had he not twice three-putted at par-five holes, including at the 12th where his putting cost him a chance of an eagle.
It was reminiscent of McIlroy's form 12 months ago, when eight birdies from his last 13 holes earned him victory.
That remains his last win, although he has finished in the top five in each of his last four events.
He said of his round on pgatour.com: "Just what I needed. It's really tough out there, difficult conditions.
"I was more in control of my golf ball today, I hit more fairways, and because of that I gave myself more birdie chances and I converted a few of them. So I did everything I needed to do today to get myself back in the golf tournament and (I'm) excited to have another chance tomorrow."
McIlroy will tee off in the final pairing on Sunday alongside Fitzpatrick who carded a bogey-less third round en route to an impressive 67.
Back-to-back birdies at the 15th and 16th holes enabled the Englishman to overtake McIlroy and the 24-year-old saved pars at his final two holes for a five-under-par 67 to head into Sunday's final round at nine-under 207.
Graeme McDowell, the only other Irish golfer remaining in the field, also carded a decent score after his wobble on Friday. The Portrush golfer recorded a 69 to cancel out his second round 75, rolling in four birdies, three of them on the par-5s, and just the solitary bogey. That leaves him at four under par and with a reasonable outside chance of making a charge on Sunday.
Shane Lowry missed the cut with a disappointing 79 on Friday.
Australian Aaron Baddeley (69), Englishman Matt Wallace (69) and American Kevin Kisner (70) shared third at seven-under.
Third round co-leaders Tommy Fleetwood (76) and Keegan Bradley (75) stumbled out of contention after beginning the day with a four-stroke advantage.
