Paul Casey claims three-stroke lead at Deutsche Bank

NORTON, Mass. — England’s Paul Casey charged into the final turn, shooting a 5-under-par 66 to take a three-shot lead after the third round Sunday at the Deutsche Bank Championship.

The tournament is the second of four FedExCup Playoffs events at TPC Boston.

Casey, No. 30 in the World Golf rankings, is at 13-under 198 for the weekend. Brian Harman is one shot behind Casey in second after firing a 68.

PGA champion Jimmy Walker held steady at 70, placing him four back and in a three-way tie for third with 36-hole leader Kevin Chappell, who shot a 71, and Smylie Kaufman, who finished at 68.

Ryan Moore, the 18-hole co-leader, holds solo sixth after carding a 68, five off the pace.

World No. 5 Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland jumped into contention with a 66 and is tied for seventh with South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen, who matched a weekend-low with his 64.

Olympic champion and world No. 10 Justin Rose of England shot a 69 and Tony Finau put up a 68, and the two are also tied for seventh, six back of Casey.

Casey grabbed the lead at 12 under after his third of three straight birdies at No. 7 and played his opening nine at 2 under. He sank a birdie at No. 16 to get to 13 under.

The 39-year-old finished his day with his first career eagle in 198 holes at the par-5, 530-yard 18th hole. He was in position after his second shot from the fairway sailed 232 yards and crawled 2 1/2 feet from the hole.

Casey has one prior PGA Tour victory, defeating J.B. Holmes in a playoff to claim the 2009 Shell Houston Open. He entered the weekend 13th in the FedExCup standings, but would rise to second with a victory.

Chappell briefly claimed the lead with a birdie at No. 10, dropping him to 13 under, but he gave it back with a double bogey two holes later.

McIlroy had a look at an albatross on No. 18. The 2012 Deutsche Bank winner came within three feet of a two with his 210-yard shot from the fairway.

He settled for a tap-in eagle, finishing with six birdies — four in a row at Nos. 5-8 — against a double bogey at No. 12 and an opening bogey.

Jason Day worked out the kinks after two mediocre opening rounds, firing a five-birdie 68 after spending ample time at the driving range between the second and third rounds.

The world’s top-ranked player struggled with his driver leading up to Sunday’s round, but had only one bad shot off the tee at the 10th hole — resulting in a double bogey.

The Australian capped his round with an eagle at No. 18, placing his approach shot seven feet off the cup before dropping a seven-foot putt.

Day is 11 shots back and tied for 33rd place with reigning Deutsche Bank champion and world No. 8 Rickie Fowler, who posted a 69, and U.S. Open champion and world No. 2 Dustin Johnson.

Johnson had a disastrous day and took a dive on the leaderboard, putting a double bogey and three bogeys on his card in a 75. He entered the day tied for fifth after opening 68-66.

NOTES: Monday’s final round tee times were moved up to 7-8:50 a.m. ET as Tropical Storm Hermine passes through New England. Players will tee off in threesomes from the Nos. 1 and 10 tees in 10-minute intervals, and the PGA Tour anticipates a 2 p.m. finish without delays. “Even if we have to go into Tuesday, I don’t think it’s a big deal,” Rory McIlroy said. Monday’s forecast calls for rain all day with possible wind gusts up to 50 mph. … Jason Day provided an update on his wife, Ellie, and kids, Dash and Lucy, who were involved in a car accident Friday. “(Ellie) did something to her neck, so obviously whiplash. I think I’m just happy that everyone’s healthy. It could have been worse.” Day said the incident occurred when a bus came flying through an intersection and hit the back end of their car.