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Henley maintained his place atop the leaderboard despite two
bogeys in the third round at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu.
Henley sits at 18 under, two strokes ahead of Japan's Hideki
Matsuyama, who shot 63 to card the low score of the round.
Four players are four shots back at 14 under.
Henley, who posted two eagles on Friday, had to battle his way
through Saturday's round.
"I figured it wouldn't be quite as easy as the first two days.
It's just not how golf works typically," Henley said. "I wasn't
planning on making bogeys, but definitely wasn't expecting to
shoot 8-under again. But at the same time, I felt really good
about my game all day. I never really got too nervous or too
ahead of myself."
Henley won his PGA Tour debut in 2013 at the Sony Open, setting
a then-tournament record by finishing at 24-under 256.
Matsuyama posted a clean round, using seven birdies to put
himself into position for Sunday's final round.
"Probably putting was strong point today," Matsuyama said. "Even
my missed putts found the hole. I was lucky today."
Matt Kuchar (third-round 67), Haotong LI of China (68),
Ireland's Seamus Power (65) and Canada's Adam Svensson (65) are
bunched in third place but likely too far out at 14 under.
Defending champion and first-rounder leader Kevin Na shot a
3-under 67 to sit tied for 11th at 11-under 199 through three
rounds.
--Field Level Media
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