Australians Adam Scott and Cam Davis have shot scorching rounds of nine-under 64 yet still lost ground to Hideki Matsuyama and Collin Morikawa at the PGA Tour's year-opening birdie-fest in Hawaii.
Major winners Matsuyama and Morikawa appear set for a final round shootout after both posted 11-under 62s in The Sentry on the Plantation course in Kapalua, Maui on Saturday.
Japanese superstar Matsuyama leads at 27 under, one shot clear of American Morikawa, with a further four shots back to third-placed Belgian Thomas Detry (65).