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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- Luke Donald believes hes got the right game on the right course -- and is ready to make up for so many near-misses at the RBC Heritage. Donald had an eagle and six birdies to shoot 66 on Saturday and take a two-stroke lead over John Huh after three rounds at Harbour Town Golf Links. The Englishman has done just about everything on Harbour Town the past five times hes played -- except win. He fell in a playoff to Brandt Snedeker here in 2011, part of a run of four top-3 finishes since at the tricky, Pete Dye design. Now, hell carry the lead into the final day and is ready to make it stand up on Sunday. "If I can go out as relaxed and confident as I was today tomorrow," he said. "If I can control the trajectory (of shots) as well as I did today, then hopefully Ill be sitting here as the winner." It has been a long time since Donald has been able to say that. Once the worlds top-ranked golfer, Donald has changed coaches and the transition back to the top has not come as quickly as planned. The last of his five PGA Tour wins came in 2012, his best showing this year was a tie for fourth at the Valspar Championship last month and he was quickly bounced at the Masters after shooting 79-70. Donald acknowledged he has grown anxious waiting to win again. "I was the former world No. 1 and was there for a long time and obviously slipped down," said Donald, currently 29th. "But I havent felt my game had gotten that much worse." Certainly not at Harbour Town. Donalds round got started with a 25-footer for eagle on the par-5 second hold. He added four more on the next six holes. Donald then tied leader Nicholas Thompson with a birdie on the 14th before stretching his lead with a final one by rolling in a 15-foot putt on the par-3 17th. Donald nearly closed with a flourish when his approach on the closing, lighthouse hole nearly landed in the cup on the fly before bouncing to the edge and settling for par. Donalds not the longest hitter on tour and said some layouts are dragons he cant slay. "But this one I feel like I can plot my way around with low wedges," he said. "If you miss greens, you need to be pretty good at the short game. Certainly a course that favours my style of play." Huh shot a 68 and was at 6 under. Major champions Charl Schwartzel (68) and Jim Furyk (71), Nicholas Thompson (68) and Ben Martin (71) were tied for third at 5 under. Matt Kuchar, ranked sixth in the world, shot 70 as part of a group of five golfers another shot back at 4 under. Donalds performance capped a long day at soggy Harbour Town, where 65 golfers had to finish the second round before the third could begin with K.J. Choi, Furyk and Ben Martin tied for the lead. But by midafternoon, the moisture had softened things and competitors were treated to slick greens easily accepting approach shots. At times, it looked more like a local club shootout than a PGA Tour stop. Thompson, whose sister Lexi won her first LPGA Tour major at the Kraft Nabisco Championship earlier this month, got things going with five birdies on the front nine to lead at 7 under. But bogeys at the 16th and 18th holes dropped him back into the group at 208. Schwartzel, the 2011 Masters champion, was among those with an early start and jumped into the chase with a third-round 68 to move to 5 under. He said the course held up well despite more than 2 1/2 inches of rain that fell here Friday. Schwartzel has not won on the PGA Tour since his surprising run to the green jacket, when he birdied the final four holes. "I think if I can continue the ball striking and giving myself chances, I can make a few (birdies) tomorrow and give it a shot," he said. Furyk, the 2010 winner at Harbour Town, made birdie on his second hole to take the lead at 6 under. He failed to build on that hot start, but held on to stay in the hunt. The craziest day might have belonged to Kuchar, the highest-ranked player competing at Harbour Town after the seasons first major. He followed his fifth-place showing at the Masters last week with a strong bogey-free 66 on Thursday to take the lead. Things went the other way quickly Friday, with Kuchar posting a pair of double bogeys before the rains came and suspended play. Kuchar struggled some more with a bogey on the eighth hole once he restarted Saturday. Then he made four birdies on his back nine to climb back in it. Kuchar has finished fifth or better in his past three events and has a chance to do it again at Harbour Town. "To be playing some good golf and be in contention is fun," he said. "Im excited to have my fourth shot at trying to take a title." 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The Penske drivers swept the top two spots for the second straight race, reversing their qualifying finish in Phoenix a week ago.MIAMI - Still just three games into the post-LeBron era in Miami, Chris Bosh has already heard the comparisons. Bosh was the man in Toronto for the better part of seven seasons before signing up to play third wheel on a Heat team that would go on to win two championships in four years. Now, the former Raptor finds himself in a familiar situation. Thrust into the lead role following James return to Cleveland - and in light of Dwyane Wades deteriorating youth - Bosh is finally back in the spotlight after leaving it in Toronto. It must feel like 2009 all over again? 2009? No, it feels like 2014, Bosh insisted. Its a different situation, for the obvious reasons, with this team, he continued, dismissing the comparison. But no. I know everybody wants to look back on the past but its not about that. I feel like Im a much better player, a much better leader. And he is. Bosh is a different player than he was when he left Toronto. One thing that hasnt changed is the All-Star forwards dominance over his former team since that fateful summer in 2010 when he packed his bags and moved to South Beach. Even without James, Miami hasnt missed a beat to begin the young season and had little trouble disposing of the Raptors Sunday, defeating them for a 16th straight time. Im aware of it, admitted Bosh, who has never lost to Toronto. Everybodys aware of it. The Raptors were certainly aware of it. Its definitely on my mind, said DeMar DeRozan before the game - a teammate of Boshs in Toronto when the Raptors last toppled Miami, Jan. 27, 2010 - hes never won in South Beach. So, I think we definitely need to go in there and get this win, just use it as more motivation for us. For the bulk of Sundays loss - their first of the young season - DeRozan looked to be the only motivated Raptor. Playing in the second night of a back-to-back set, the Raptors left their defence in Orlando. Miami looked like the Heat of old, moving the ball at a frenetic pace and shooting the lights out. By halftime they had scored 64 points on 59 per cent shooting. The Raptors, playing without the injured Amir Johnson, had pulled down just 10 rebounds in 24 minutes. It caught up with us, Dwane Casey said following his teams 107-102 loss. We�ve got to set the tone and play with a sense of desperation in the first half and that�s what we didn�t do. It finally caught up with us. We�re scoring, we�re getting opportunities to score, we get to the free throw line 39 times, he continued. Offence is not an issue, defence is our issue. We have to decide collectively to guard people. The final score is misleading. The Raptors were in it until the final moments, but hardly by their own doing. They were out-rebounded 43-28 and missed 15 of their 39 free throws. Despite scoring 102 points they recorded jjust 11 assists.dddddddddddd It was the same old against a Miami team that may not have regressed as much as most expected them to after losing the NBAs greatest player. We needed that, said DeRozan after scoring 30 points in a game he referred to as a wake-up call. [Expletive], they�re a good team still. We still had a chance and this would have been a perfect game for Amir. You know, the rebounding, he gets a lot of the dirty rebounds that we missed tonight. Johnson was a late scratch after tweaking his troublesome left ankle early in Saturdays win over the Magic. With Patrick Patterson - his understudy - struggling, the Raptors could have used his defensive prowess against the versatile Bosh. Bosh paced his team for the third game in a row, all wins, to begin the season, scoring 21 points to go along with his 11 boards. The 12-year vet opted to return to Miami during the summer, turning down a sizeable offer from the Rockets. He says his decision had little to do with being the man. He believes they still have a contender in Miami and while that can be debated, the early returns suggest he may be on to something. After having success in the past four years, twice, it kind of changes your perspective about things, said Bosh, the Raptors all-time scoring leader. You hold things more important. You know whats more important. Having your team or anything like that, thats ego driven. Its not as important. So for me its really just about winning ball games. Thats what it comes down to. And if I can have a major responsibility and contribute to that than thats what I strive for. Rumblings of Miamis demise may in fact be premature. At least on Sunday, Wade looked like the player of old - active, dynamic and all over the floor, he flirted with a triple-double, recording 19 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists in the second night of a back-to-back. [As] soon as we can move on from the questions about last year, the sooner I can move on, man, he said before the game, taking issue with a reporter, inquiring about his status in the game after playing Saturday night. Im playing in the game. Its the only way I can approach it. They were both that guy and now it�s back to them being that guy and not worrying about LeBron or that situation, DeRozan said. Both of them have been the man before and theyre doing it again. The takeaway for the Raptors: They still have some work to do. Through three games we havent seen them at their best. As for their winless streak against Bosh and the Heat, theyll have to hear about it for a while longer. �It�s not been fun at all but what do we have? Three more shots at them? DeRozan asked. They actually see them twice more this season. We have to take advantage of those. It was a good test for us tonight. ' ' '

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