Wilson birdies last hole to grab Honda lead

MIAMI, Mar 4 (Reuters) American Mark Wilson birdied his last hole to take a one-shot lead over Boo Weekley into the final round of the Honda Classic at Palm Beach Gardens.

Wilson, who has just one top-three finish in 110 PGA Tour starts, remained on course to claim his first career title, carding the day's joint top round of four-under 66 at the PGA National for an aggregate of six-under 204.

Weekley, another American chasing his first maiden PGA win, matched Wilson with a 66 to sit alone at five-under 205 with Sweden's Daniel Chopra one shot further adrift after a two-under 68.

South Korea's Charlie Wi, who shared the second-round lead with Australia's Robert Allenby, struggled to a two-over 72 but still remained in contention just three shots off the lead alongside American Steve Stricker (70) on three-under 207.

Allenby, who held one shot lead at the turn, had a disastrous back nine with back-to-back bogeys at 12 and 13 and a double bogey at the par four 16th to tumble down the leaderboard with a three-over 73, four adrift heading into final round.

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