Australian veteran Stuart Appleby is contending for a first US PGA Tour title in seven years going into the final round of the Barracuda Championship in Nevada.
The 46-year-old Appleby has amassed nine US tour titles and $US29,661,344 in US tour prizemoney in his career but he has endured some lean years recently.
The father-of-four is equal second, five points behind leader Greg Owen of England (37 points) after the third round of the tournament, which is using a modified Stableford scoring format.
Appleby carded five birdies, offset by two bogeys to gather eight points in his Saturday round at Reno's Montreux Golf and Country Club while 45-year-old Owen surged clear with 14 points.
Appleby is tied with Derek Fathauer, while another American, Ricky Barnes is one point behind them after gathering a day's best 15 points.
The players are looking to cash in and boost their careers in a week when the tour's top players are away at the World Golf Championship event in Akron, Ohio.
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