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Chris Kirk springs into lead at The Sentry
Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

Chris Kirk carded a 7-under 66 on Saturday to jump into the lead after three rounds of action at The Sentry in Maui, Hawaii.

Kirk now sits at 21-under 198 for the tournament, one stroke ahead of Akshay Bhatia, who also fired a third-round 66. Xander Schauffele (65 on Saturday), Jordan Spieth (67) and South Korean Byeong Hun An (68) are in a three-way tie for third at 19 under.

Friday's second-round leader, World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, posted a 71 on Saturday to slip into a tie for sixth, three strokes off the lead.

After settling for bogey at the par-4 third and making par at the par-4 fourth, Kirk caught fire, grabbing birdies at seven of the next 10 holes. He added one more to close his round at the par-5 18th.

Harris English notched the low round of the day with a 9-under 64 to skyrocket 26 spots on the leaderboard. He now sits T6 along with Scheffler, Australia's Jason Day (67 on Saturday) and Sahith Theegala (68).

This article first appeared on Field Level Media and was syndicated with permission.

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