Overton keeps lead at Greenbrier Classic

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07/31/2010 - White Sulphur Springs, WV (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jeff Overton shot a four-under 66 on Saturday to remain in the lead after three rounds of The Greenbrier Classic.

Chasing his first PGA Tour win, Overton finished 54 holes on The Old White Course with an 18-under 192 to lead D.A. Points by three shots and Boo Weekley by five.

While Overton did enough to remain atop the leaderboard, the real drama Saturday came from a couple of players chasing history in front of him on the course.

Points went 10-under par through his first 16 holes and needed just one more birdie to shoot a 59. But he three-putted for bogey at the 17th and made a routine par at the 18th to fall two strokes short.

Points' 61 moved him to 15-under 195, good for second place behind Overton. He wasn't the only player who flirted with shooting a 59 on Saturday.

Several hours earlier, J.B. Holmes birdied his last hole to shoot a 60 and take the early clubhouse lead at 12-under 198.

Incredibly, it was the fourth round of 60 or better on the PGA Tour in the last four weeks.

Paul Goydos, of course, shot the fourth 59 in PGA Tour history on July 8 during the first round of the John Deere Classic. Steve Stricker had a 60 the same day, nearly holing out for a 59.

Last week, Carl Pettersson shot a 60 during the third round of the Canadian Open, just missing a long birdie putt at the 18th hole that would have given him a 59.

Holmes' bid for 59 was done in by a few holes. He bogeyed the par-three third when he couldn't get up-and-down from behind the green. He missed a four-foot birdie putt at No. 11 and a 10-footer for eagle at No. 17.

In all, he made just the one bogey and 11 birdies, including a 10-foot birdie putt at the 18th to finish off the 60.

"If I had shot 60 maybe this time last year, probably get a little more attention than it's probably gonna get," said Holmes. "But there's been a lot of great scores lately."

Points had a better chance to shoot a 59 because he reached 10-under for the round with an 11-foot birdie putt at the 16th, giving him two more holes to turn the trick.

But he hit into a bunker at the par-five 17th and then three-putted for his only bogey to all but end the chase. He knocked his tee shot at the par-three 18th to just 29 feet, setting up his closing par.

Most of his scoring was done earlier in the round, as Points made a 3 on nine of his first 10 holes, playing them at seven-under par. He two-putted from 38 feet for birdie at No. 12 and rolled in a 26-footer for birdie at No. 13.

Overton had six birdies, all in his last 11 holes. He played the previous seven holes at two-over par.

Weekley made a 10-foot birdie putt at the 18th hole to shoot a 67 and move into third place by himself at 13-under 197.

Holmes shared fourth with Jonathan Byrd (64), Brendon de Jonge (65) and Jimmy Walker (67).

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