His friends call him "Lumpy" back home in Minnesota, and Tim Herron certainly looks the part at close to 220 pounds. He can be a little wild off the tee but makes up for it with his length off the tee and touch around the green.

Davis Love III is more like a sleek sports car, always in control of himself and his game.

Their roles were reversed today, but they got the same results. Both had a 5-under 67 in the Bay Hill Invitational for a share of the lead going into the final round.

"I got to where I was feeling pretty comfortable out there,'' Herron said after pushing his streak to 37 holes without a bogey, thanks to nearly flawless play from tee to green.

Love matched the 67 with a birdie on the final hole, his eighth of the day in a wild third round of three-putt bogeys, clutch pars and great driving. Sitting in a chair to go over his round, Love pulled the scorecard from his pocket.

"I had such an up-and-down day, it will help me remember which holes I birdied and which ones I bogeyed," he said.

It all adds up to a 14-under 202 for both of them. They'll be in the final pairing once again on Sunday with a silver sword and gray jacket on the line, and Tom Lehman closing fast.

"I'm going to have to shoot a good score to win," Love said. "I'm happy to be in this position."

Lehman, coming back strong after three months away for shoulder surgery, keeps getting better with each round. He also managed to avoid bogey on hard greens that have been baked by a week of sunshine. Four birdies over the last seven holes gave him a 66 that left him one behind the leaders.

"Playing bogey-free golf around here takes great putting," said Lehman, who took only 26 putts. "I've been making them all week long. I just hope it holds up another day."

Brandel Chamblee had a 67 and was four strokes back at 206. Payne Stewart was in a group of three players at 208, while 1997 winner Phil Mickelson, Justin Leonard and Vijay Singh were among those at 209.

Seven strokes back is probably too much ground to make up the way Love, Herron and Lehman have been playing.

"I didn't expect Tom, Tim and I to be making this many birdies,'' Love said.

Love has made 19 birdies in three rounds, and he needed all eight of the ones he made today. He matched Herron's birdie on No. 3 after a mammoth drive over the lake left him only a sand wedge to the hole, but every time he started to make a run, he was let down either by his putter or by having the wrong club in his hand.

"I stayed patient today, and that was the key," Love said.

Two strokes behind after a three-putt from 25 feet over a ridge on No. 7, Love responded with birdies on Nos. 9-10 to pull into the lead. A wedge hit stiff on No. 13 set up another birdie to put him at 13-under and in the lead.

It was the first time since Herron walked off the 12th green in the first round that he was no longer the leader, but it didn't take long for him to fix that. He curled in a 30-footer for birdie on the 14th, birdied from 12 feet on the next hole and then made a nice two-putt birdie down the ridge on the par-5 16th.

"I didn't chip too often today," Herron said. "My caddie and I did a good job getting the right club.

Lehman is one week ahead of schedule on his return to competitive play, and long overdue to win again on the PGA Tour.

He missed December, January and most of February after surgery on his left shoulder, which he injured the day before last year's Open at an amusement park near Royal Birkdale. The plan was to be in good form by The Players Championship.

He had rounds of 76 and 79 on the weekend in the Honda Classic, not exactly the best indicator that he was ready to compete.

"Am I surprised? A little bit," Lehman said. "At the same time, you never know with this game."

DIVOTS: After David Love III cracked open a sprinker head with his sand wedge on Friday, he found a note from course owner Arnold Palmer in his locker this morning telling him not to worry about it. Palmer also left a bill -- $3.50 for parts, $175,000 for labor. "I'm going to try to negotiate," Love said. "That's expensive labor." ... Tim Herron said he's been controlling himself at the lunch table for the most part -- turkey without bread and a piece of cheese. "But then I end up eating four cookies," said the man know as Lumpy. ... Jay Haas, first off and playing alone, finished 18 holes in 2 hours, 36 minutes. ... Tiger Woods cut such a huge corner off the lake on No. 6 that he had only 200 yards left on the 543-yard hole. ... Davis Love III thought he could help avoid back problems by losing weight. He dropped 15 pounds by staying away from sugars and carbohydrates. ... Tom Watson took an 8 and a 9 on the par-5 sixth hole in the first two rounds. A year ago, he was in the same group when John Daly took an 18.