Englishman Harry Hall is two shots behind leader Davis Riley heading into the final round of the PGA Tour season-opening Sony Open in Hawaii.
Hall, chasing a second PGA Tour title and first since the 2024 ISCO Championship, carded a four-under 66 at Waialae Country Club to move to 10 under and into the group tied-second.
He mixed five birdies with a lone bogey to sit two back alongside Genesis Scottish Open champion Chris Gotterup and American Kevin Roy, as halfway co-leader Riley moved into the outright advantage after a third-round 67 on the par-70 layout.
Hall opened with a 15-foot birdie and followed back-to-back gains from the eighth by holing another at the par-four 13th, then bounced back from missing his eight-foot par-save attempt at the 15th to birdie the next and remain in contention.
"Last year I was in contention - I was one off the lead with nine to go and I didn't do very well," Hall said. "I think mindset would be probably to do whatever makes me comfortable off the tees, and if I can keep it on the short stuff for most of the day then I have a great chance."
Riley started the weekend in a five-way tie for the lead and was over par for his round with seven holes to play, but the American delivered four late birdies - in windy conditions - to boost his hopes of a third PGA Tour victory.
The 29-year-old rebounded from a bogey on the par-three 11th with a birdie on the par-four next, then followed successive birdies from the 14th by making a two-putt birdie at the last to double his lead.
"You got to make some gritty pars in these conditions and just try to make some putts on these fast greens in crosswinds in tough putting conditions when you have a chance," Riley said.
Gotterup and Roy carded rounds of 68 and 69 respectively to sit on 10 under alongside Hall, with England's John Parry recovering from two bogeys in his first four holes to card a third-round 69 and get within three strokes of the lead.
Hideki Matsuyama jumped to six under after a five-under 65 and Jordan Spieth is also six strokes back, while Scotland's Robert MacIntyre is tied-20th after a third-round 67.
Former world No 1 Vijay Singh, the 62-year-old using a one-time career money exemption to play in full-field events, posted a two-under 68 to move into a share of 32nd.
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