CHARLOTTE (North Carolina), May 4: Anthony Kim carded a flawless six-under 66 in the third round of the Wachovia Championship on Saturday to jump into a commanding four-shot lead and close in on his first PGA Tour victory.

The 22-year-old American was a combined 13-under par at Quail Hollow after three rounds, ahead of fellow Americans Jason Bohn and Heath Slocum tied for second on nine under.

Kim had his emotions under control on Saturday.

Starting the day two strokes behind overnight leader Bohn, he moved into the lead at the par-four ninth with his fourth birdie of the round.

He added two more coming home, punctuating his performance by banging in a seven-foot birdie putt at the difficult par-four 18th.

Bohn also finished in style with a 35-foot chip-in at the last for par to salvage a 72.

Slocum jumped into contention with a 68, highlighted by an eagle at the par-five 15th where he pitched in from 40 yards.

Leading third-round scores:

203 – Anthony Kim (US) 70, 67, 66.

207 – Heath Slocum (US) 71, 68, 68; Jason Bohn (US) 68, 67, 72.

208 – Stewart Cink (US) 73, 70, 65; Dudley Hart (US) 71, 67, 70.

209 – Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 70, 70, 69; Jim Furyk (US) 71, 67, 71.

210 – Pat Perez (US) 72, 73, 65; Fred Couples (US) 72, 69, 69; Vijay Singh (Fiji) 70, 70, 70.

211 – Adam Scott (Australia) 72, 73, 66; Phil Mickelson (US) 68, 74, 69.212 – J.B. Holmes (US) 71, 72, 69; Nick O’Hern (Australia) 71, 70, 71; Steve Flesch (US) 73, 68, 71; Hunter Mahan (US) 71, 70, 71; Ben Curtis (US) 69, 71, 72.

213 – Charles Howell III (US) 75, 68, 70; Nick Watney (US) 73, 69, 71; John Merrick (US) 69, 71, 73; Robert Allenby (Australia) 70, 70, 73.

214 – Ryuji Imada (Japan) 71, 73, 70; John Senden (Australia) 72, 71, 71; David Toms (US) 67, 75, 72; Robert Garrigus (US) 74, 68, 72; Brad Adamonis (US) 70, 70, 74; Dean Wilson (US) 71, 69, 74; Steve Marino (US) 69, 71, 74; George McNeill (US) 71, 67, 76.—Reuters