Vijay Singh took a one-shot overnight lead into Saturday’s third round at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational intent on playing “my heart out”.

Singh, whose second-round 66 last night sent him to the top of the leaderboard at seven under par, is set to tee off at 1910 BST in the final pairing of the day alongside world number two Phil Mickelson, lying one stroke back at six under.

“He’s going to be focused on his game. I just hope we both have a good day.”

A trio of European players will also be looking to make their move at the top of the leaderboard on Saturday with England’s Lee Westwood best placed at five under following a second-round 65, while Miguel Angel Jiminez of Spain is a shot further back and Ireland’s Paul McGinley is four shots off the lead at three under par.

With no halfway cut in this 80-man elite field, the stragglers were out early with Germany’s Martin Kaymer looking to regain some respectability following a second-round 79. Playing in the first group out, Kaymer birdied the par-four fourth and the par-three seventh to improve to nine over par.

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