Spieth fires 65 to take 3rd-round lead at Colonial

8:35 PM ET

FORT WORTH, Texas — Jordan Spieth is still seeking his first PGA Tour victory in his home state of Texas. Ryan Palmer would love to win on his home course.

Spieth and Palmer, who play a lot of practice rounds together, will be in the last group Sunday for the final round of the Dean & Deluca Invitational. In the back-end of a Texas two-step after the Byron Nelson last week, Spieth was at 12-under 198, a stroke ahead of Colonial member Palmer and Webb Simpson.

“It will be a fun dynamic,” said Spieth, who shot a 5-under 65 on Saturday, even while missing a lot of fairways and a few greens. “It’ll be cool because as a member, he’ll have tons of support and we have had tons of support this week.”

Spieth, who has seven PGA Tour wins, was alone in the lead after three birdies and a huge par save in a four-hole stretch in the middle of his round. The 22-year-old Dallas native tied for second at Hogan’s Alley last year, one of his three runner-up finishes in the Lone Star State.

Palmer overcame consecutive early bogeys to shoot 66. Simpson shot 67 after 3-foot par putt at the 18th hole for a share of the lead lipped out of the cup — much like Palmer’s short birdie chance there in the previous threesome, though Palmer will be in the final twosome.

World No. 2 Jordan Spieth, who was alone in the lead at the Dean & Deluca Invitational after three rounds, has never won a PGA Tour event in his home state of Texas. Tom Pennington/Getty Images

“I was so sick and disappointed with the putt I …

continue reading in source espn.go.com