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The world number one, who famously has won all of his major titles when he has had 54-hole lead, carded a one-under-par 69 to move to seven under to stay ahead of second-placed Stephen Ames, who had a 69 with Woody Austin another shot back after a 69 of his own.

John Senden (69) is two under and Ernie Els (69) at one under with no other players in red numbers.

Woods did not match the fireworks of his second-round 63 but a controlled display means he is now just 18 holes away from defending his PGA Championship title and avoiding a major-less year for only the fourth time in a professional career dating back to 1997.

"I accomplished my goal. My goal was to shoot under par and increase my lead and I was able to do that so it was a positive day all around," said Woods. "I only made one bogey, which was good, and I really kept myself out of trouble most of the day.

"I just tried to keep hitting fairways and put the ball in the centre of the greens and lag putt well. I tried not to leave myself a second putt because the greens aren't very smooth out there so I never really tried to take a run at any putts."

Boo Weekley livened up the early action with a superb round and a mistake that, in part, led to the disqualification of Sergio Garcia. Weekley came to the 18th hole needing a birdie for a 63 but he left himself a long attempt and three-putted for a bogey and a five-under 65.

However, it was enough to give him the clubhouse lead at level par along with Nathan Green, KJ Choi and Kevin Sutherland. Trevor Immelman moved to one over for the championship with a 66, while Garcia would have had a 74 to fall to nine-over but he signed an incorrect scorecard and was disqualified.

Colin Montgomerie struggled to a three-over 73 that included five bogeys and left him at eight over, while Darren Clarke was at one under with three holes to play he finished with a pair of bogeys for a 71.

Justin Rose (70), Luke Donald (70) were both three over while fellow Englishmen Ian Poulter (70) was one shot back with Paul Casey (74) six over after a homeward nine of 40.