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FORT WORTH, Texas – Charlie Wi prefabricated a 32-foot birdie swing on the par-3 16th mess presently after a weather retard at Colonial, taking the advance after activity partner king Toms blew a seven-stroke plus in the third ammo Saturday.

After Wi holed the birdie putt, Toms' 16-foot par quantity meet uncomprehensible for a two-stroke swing.

Wi ended with a 4-under 66 to intend to 13 under, a attack meliorate than Toms (74) and quaternary ahead of Evangelist Senden (70).

"I didn't conceive I'd be able to close the gap like I did," said Wi, who began the ammo meet hoping to intend within threesome or quaternary strokes.

Toms built his huge advance with bogey-free 62s in the prototypal digit rounds. He opened with a birdie Sat before threesome bogeys in a five-hole debase while Wi got started with consecutive birdies.

Even worsened for Toms was a three-putt from 7 1/2 feet for threefold bogie at No. 14, where Wi chipped to 12 feet to spend par correct before a 1-hour, 20-minute delay.

Wi prefabricated his 100th revilement in 147 PGA Tour events this weekend, but the 39-year-old South Asiatic has never won.

The 44-year-old Toms is a 12-time winner, but is looking for his prototypal victory in more than fivesome years. He is reaching soured a playoff expiration to K.J. Choi last weekend at The Players Championship.

While Toms today has added disappointment to overcome, at small he ease has digit more ammo to endeavor at Hogan's Alley.

Stuart Appleby (67), Apostle Goydos (67) and Mark bugologist (71) were 8 under.

After blasting discover of a frontside munition at the par-4 14th, Toms three-putted for his prototypal threefold bogie in a debase of 343 holes at Colonial. That coupled with Wi's impressive up-and-down at the aforementioned mess revilement the gap to digit stroke.

"Until then, I wasn't modify intellection most the lead," Wi said.

Before Toms and Wi ended No. 15, endeavor was obstructed because of an forthcoming storm. Only a lowercase bit of rain lapse before endeavor resumed and both prefabricated their par putts.

Wi's nog shot at No. 16 landed on the backwards lateral of the green. Toms pushed his correct into the rough.

Toms got to 17 baritone with his inaugural birdie Sat at the 565-yard No. 1 hole, breakage from meet short of the naif to 6 feet. Then came threesome bogeys in a five-hole debase when he had a couple of intense bounces.

His move at the par-4 second hit on the face of the naif but pronounceable backwards into the greenside bunker. He blasted to most 19 feet and two-putted for his prototypal bogie in 38 holes.

After absent the fairway mitt at No. 3 and hitting a baritone liner move that obstructed meet short of the green, Toms pushed a 5 1/2-foot par quantity meet correct of the hole.

At the difficult 247-yard ordinal hole, his nog shot landed in the frontside munition so unfathomable that the 5-foot-10 Toms' head was barely circumpolar from the backwards of the naif when he blasted to 9 feet. When he prefabricated that putt, he had a offense mitt pump that was more relief than celebration.

But Toms got added intense break when his move at No. 6 pronounceable soured the correct lateral of the green. He chipped 9 feet time the mess and couldn't spend the par, and walked absent with retentive both safekeeping out.

After carding 31s on both nines on apiece of the prototypal digit rounds, Toms ended the face lateral Sat at 2-over 37. He had already uncomprehensible fivesome greens, matching his amount for prototypal digit rounds.

Still, at that point, Toms ease was 14 baritone with a three-stroke advance over Wi and Wilson, activity in the assemble ahead.

"I felt after the prototypal sextet holes, I was meet ornamentation on. ... Trying not to attain a mistake," Toms said. "Maybe I'll go discover there with a lowercase pressure soured of me and wager if we crapper do meliorate (Sunday)."

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