A third round of 65 has propelled Shane Lowry back into contention at the Honda Classic, with the 2019 Open champion admitting he considered going home after his uncle died on Thursday.
Lowry, runner-up in the event last year, carded a 68 to lie on nine-under par at the PGA National Resort in a round that contained three birdies in the front nine and a similar return from holes to 11 to 13.
Dropped shots followed on 14 and 17 before he steadied himself to make birdie at the last.
However, after his round, the Offaly golfer said he was close to travelling home after his father Brendan's brother Jimmy died on Thursday morning.
"It's very sad week for our family. To be honest, I wanted to go home on Thursday when I heard the news. A lot of people talked me out of it.
"I’m here now. I’m trying to play for him and play for his wife and his kids and my cousins and my uncles and my aunts and everyone at home because we’re a very close family and very proud of our name and very proud of where we come from," said Lowry, who wore a green and white ribbon in his memory.
"Green and white is just where he’s from, that’s Ferbane in Offaly, in Ireland, and said I’d wear it. Yeah, hopefully I can go out and make him proud. Everyone keeps telling me how proud he was of me over the last number of years, and hopefully I can do him another day proud."
Pádraig Harrington is back at one-under after his round of 69.
American Chris Kirk leads the field on 13-under as he followed up his blemish-free score of 62 on Friday with a 66.
Birdies at 17 and 18 helped him two clear of compatriot Eric Cole, with fellow American and overnight leader Justin Suh a further shot back.
Kirk posted two birdies on the front and four birdies and two bogeys coming in. He was playing with Suh, who had two bogeys and a chip-in eagle for his round.
"I'm just kind of worried about what I'm doing," Kirk said. "Justin is a really nice guy, really great guy to play with, but I'm really not paying a whole lot of attention to what he's doing.
"It was a little bit of a monotonous start I guess for both of us, but you want to go out there and try to make a bunch of birdies and get into the lead, but at the same time, you make a bunch of pars on this golf course, that's good. ... This place is tough."
Cole took advantage of Suh's struggles, recording five birdies - four on the back nine - against just one bogey.
"I'm hitting the ball well, which is always good. It's important around here," Cole said. "There's so many tough shots. But I felt good today, which was really nice. I felt relatively comfortable out there and hit some good shots when I needed to."
Suh's lone bright spot came at the par-4 12th hole, where he holed out from 153 yards on his second shot.
"I hit an 8-iron. Just cut off an 8-iron. It was in off the left and it came out great," Suh said. "I was asking for it to sit. My caddie wanted it to go, and it was right in the middle, so it was perfect."
Ryan Brehm posted a 64, good for low round of the day. He vaulted 45 spots up the leaderboard to put himself at 5 under, tied for 15th.
