Berkshire, England (My Sportsbook) - Greg Norman fired a six-under 64 Saturday to take a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the Senior British Open.
Norman completed 54 holes at Sunningdale at 10-under-par 200, one stroke clear of Fred Funk and Loren Roberts.
"I feel comfortable around this golf course, I always have for some reason. I like the way it feels," Norman said.
The 54-year-old Norman, a two-time British Open champion, made a run at last year's British Open, as he held the lead early in the final round. He was unable to hold that lead and eventually tied for third place.
Norman, who will captain the International team in September at the Presidents Cup, will go for his first Champions Tour win on Sunday.
Roberts, the 2006 champion, carded a three-under 67 to join Funk in second at nine-under-par 201. Funk, who set the 18- and 36-hole tournament scoring records, stumbled to a two-over 72 Saturday to fall out of the lead for the first time.
Denis Watson, the 2007 Senior PGA Championship winner, is alone in fourth at minus-eight after a 66 in round three.
Norman did most of his damage Saturday on the back nine.
He birdied No. 2 for the first time this week, then birdied the sixth to move to six-under. Around the turn, birdies on 11 and 13 moved him within three of Funk's lead on the Old Course.
Funk opened with a birdie on the first for the third straight day, but he gave that shot right back with a bogey on two. That was his first bogey of the week. He reeled off eight straight pars from the third.
The 53-year-old Funk moved to minus-12 with a birdie on No. 11. However, trouble loomed on the 12th. After finding the heather, Funk tripped to a double-bogey to fall into a share of the lead at 10-under.
Norman followed his birdie on 13 with birdies on 14 and 15 to gain a piece of the top spot at 10-under. He parred his final three holes, but it was good enough for the lead.
"I didn't expect Fred to come backwards, to be honest," said Norman. "I was driving the ball well, I could see the shots I wanted on the tee so I just went and played them. Any time you shoot a low round on a Saturday you usually do get into contention. You want to get in there and you want to perform well. It doesn't matter what age you are."
Funk followed his double-bogey with pars on 13 and 14. However, he dropped another stroke on the 15th before parring the last three holes.
"The good news is that I'm still there. I can still win it," Funk stated. "The bad news is I put everybody else in the whole tournament right back in it. I felt like I had a chance to do some separation and I just didn't do it. I just didn't play well enough."
Roberts, who played alongside Funk, made a big move on the front nine. He rolled in three birdie tries in a four-hole span from the third to jump to minus-eight.
The 54-year-old Roberts, a three-time major winner on the Champions Tour, bogeyed the eighth for the second straight day to dip to minus-eight.
He parred five in a row from the ninth, before notching his final birdie on the par-five 14th, a hole that he has birdied all three days. Roberts parred the last four holes to share second, one behind Norman.
Like Norman, former Masters champion Larry Mize fired a six-under 64 to move into a share of fifth at seven-under-par 203. He was joined there by Sam Torrance, who shot 71 Saturday.
Defending champion Bruce Vaughan carded a five-under 65 Saturday to move into a share of seventh place at six-under-par 204, He stands alongside 2004 runner-up Tom Kite (69), Bernhard Langer (65) and Mark McNulty (68).