Austrian Sepp Straka fired two eagles and four birdies in an eight-under par 64 to seize a one-stroke lead over two-time defending champion Scottie Scheffler at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas on Saturday.

Straka posted the round of the day at Albany Golf Club in Nassau to build a 17-under total of 199 going into Sunday's final round of the unofficial 20-man tournament hosted by Tiger Woods.

World number one Scheffler was alone atop the leaderboard through 15 holes but bogeyed two of the last three to sign for a 65 and a 54-hole total of 200.

"I had played pretty nice," Straka said. "Front nine I felt like I didn't really make any putts early on but then the putter started feeling pretty nice around the turn.

"Iron play was really good. I just struggled with the driver a little

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