Irving, April 29:

Luke Donald barely held onto the lead at the Byron Nelson Championship on Saturday.

After a bogey at No 17, Donald made a par-saving putt on the closing hole to finish his 11th straight under-par round in the Nelson, a 3-under 67 that put him at 10-under 200 with a one-stroke lead over Scott Verplank going into the final round. Donald, finally leading the Nelson after all his subpar rounds in the event, had consecutive bogeys early to fall behind by two strokes. The Englishman recovered with five birdies in a 10-hole stretch that were enough to put him back ahead.

Verplank (66) grew up in the Dallas area and first met Byron Nelson as a teenager. Now in his 21st Nelson, the 42-year-old Verplank will play in the final group on Sunday with a chance to finally win it.

Nelson, who in 1968 became the first golfer to have a US PGA Tour event named after him, died in September at age 94.

Michael Allen was alone in third at eight-under after his bogey-free 64. Ian Poulter (65) was 6 under. Phil Mickelson (66) and Vijay Singh (69), the only top-10 players in the world playing this week, were in a group at 5-under with Ken Duke (64), Ryuji Imada (67) and Fredrik Jacobson (71).