Furyk's furious charge leaves him with lead at BMW Championship

Villegas is keen to get his first PGA Tour victory to accompany his marketing appeal, and this is the second straight week he'll have that opportunity. At the Deutsche Bank Championship, he was one shot out of the lead going into the final round until Vijay Singh closed with a 63 to win by five shots.

The 26-year-old Colombian turned potential trouble into determination.

Sailing along in the morning, Villegas four-putted for double bogey on the ninth hole -- the final three putts were inside four feet -- and he was steaming when he left the green.

But the answer was swift -- two straight birdies -- and Villegas added one more from 12 feet on the 18th hole to take the lead into the third round. The tour did not make new pairings with hopes of finishing, so Furyk managed to finish 54 holes well ahead of Villegas.

"I'm feeling good," Villegas said. "I'm enjoying playing golf right now. I'm playing pretty good. I'm rolling in some great putts, and I'm excited about tomorrow."

Anthony Kim, already a two-time winner on the PGA Tour this year, was at 9 under with one hole to play. Right behind at 8-under 202 was a group that included K.J. Choi and D.J. Trahan, who was overpassed as a Ryder Cup pick earlier this week, his final-round 80 at the TPC Boston not helping his cause.

Phil Mickelson was 7 under and had faced a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-5 eighth hole, his 17th.

Furyk has not won since the Canadian Open last year, and he has not even led after any round since then. He has been steady and has done everything but win.

It didn't appear this would be the week when he was 1 under for the tournament on the back nine of his second round. Everything changed when he holed a wedge from 114 yards for eagle, then polished off his round with five straight birdies, none longer than 15 feet.

"Through 10 (holes), I probably didn't see a 62 coming," Furyk said. "And then you hole out a wedge and a whole bunch of putts go in. I was real happy about the way I hit it."

After a short break for lunch, he birdied the first hole and kept finding fairways. Furyk had warned at lunch that the hardest part of the 36-hole day is the final nine, and he was right.

He didn't swing through a 5-wood to the 235-yard 16th, and had to save par from the bunker with a 12-foot putt. Then came his only missed fairway of the third round on the final hole, but the determined, quiet fist pump when he sank the bogey putt spoke volumes.

"Although it was a bogey, I ended on a good note," he said.