KAPALAU: Lucas Glover birdied the final hole on Saturday to keep sole possession of the lead in the season-opening SBS Championship, with defending champ Geoff Ogilvy one shot back.

Glover, the US Open champion, started the day with a three-shot lead

but fell behind by two before regaining the top

spot at the last, where he completed a two-under par 71 for a 17-under total of 202. Australia’s Ogilvy climbed up the leaderboard with a 68 for 203.

“I knew it was going to tighten up,” Glover said. “Some guys were going to play well, and some guys weren’t. That happened to be me,” Glover added. “It’s that sort of week,” Ogilvy said. “There are cases when guys go crazy and win by a lot. It can bunch up guys as well. It doesn’t matter what you’re shooting.”

At 18, Glover capitalised on a shift in the wind that had the par-five playing short. He reached the green in two and two-putted to hold the overnight lead for the third straight day. Ogilvy’s round was his seventh straight in the 60s on the Plantation Course at Kapalua. His only mis-step was a bogey at 16, where he was in a bunker. He too birdied the last. Plenty of players in the 28-man field, open only to last season’s titlists, were within striking distance. Four shots separated the top 10 players going into the final round.

Scotland’s Martin Laird fired a 69 for 204, while American Ryan Moore carded a 68 for 205. Half a dozen players were on 206, including reigning British Open champion Stewart Cink and Masters champion Angel Cabrera. Cink carded a 69 and Cabrera a 70 to join former US Open champion Retief Goosen of South Africa (67), Matt Kuchar (71), Sean O’Hair (71) and John Rollins (72).