( CNN ) -- Rickie Fowler rode the momentum from his first PGA Tour win to storm into contention at the Players Championship on Saturday with a 6-under 66 in the third round . The 23-year-old holed seven birdies with the only blemish coming on the 18th where he missed a 4-foot par putt to leave him 9 under for the tournament , three shots behind leader Kevin Na . Fowler won a playoff against world No . 1 Rory McIlroy at Quail Hollow last Sunday to win his first PGA Tour title after three runner-up finishes . The in-form American will be back in his familiar orange outfit for the final round on Sunday as he looks for back-to-back wins . He would be the first player to do that in consecutive weeks on the PGA Tour since Tiger Woods in 2009 . `` I had some fun out there today , '' Fowler said after the shooting the lowest round of the day . `` I mean , other than bogeying the last , I 'd have to say it was a fairly perfect round . '' Fowler was n't the only player to have problems on the tricky par par-4 18th . Charlie Wi and Adam Scott both double-bogeyed there to ruin promising rounds . Australian Scott is on 4-under , with Wi a shot better off . Na , though , ensured he took the outright lead heading into the final round by holing a 16-foot birdie putt at the last . The 28-year-old American had appeared nervy at times , taking numerous practice strokes before some of his shots and severely testing the patience of the timekeepers , but he enjoyed a bogey-free round of 68 to put him on 12 under . `` I 'm fighting with my balance over the ball . There 's a lot going on and it 's really hard for me to feel comfortable , '' he said . `` It 's really frustrating for me too . All I can do is try my best and do what is best for me to play well . '' Na 's nerves will be further tested on Sunday when he targets the $ 1.7m on offer to the winner at Sawgrass . Matt Kuchar , who had shared the overnight lead with Zach Johnson and Na on 8-under , is one shot further back after mixing four bogeys with seven birdies for a 69 . Harris English slumped out of contention with a 7-over 79 . The 22-year-old rookie began the day a shot off the lead but hit a spectator on the head with his tee shot at the first and the shock seemed to unsettle him . He triple-bogeyed the next hole , double-bogeyed the fifth and had four other bogeys in a disastrous round . Woods had found some encouraging form in the second round with a run of four straight birdies moving him up the leaderboard but the former No . 1 did n't back it up on Saturday , an even-par 72 leaving him on 2-under for the tournament . `` I played well today and did n't get anything out of that round , '' Woods said . `` It was probably the most solid I 've hit the golf ball all year actually . Even though I hit a couple off-line , they were just hit dead-flush . I just got nothing out of the round . '' English pair Luke Donald and Lee Westwood , both vying to replace McIlroy as world No . 1 , failed to shine . Donald 's level-par 72 left him on 3 under , while Westwood is another shot back after a 2-over 74 . McIlroy missed the cut at Sawgrass for the third straight year .
Rickie Fowler shoots the lowest round of the day to sit three shots off the lead . Kevin Na finishes with a birdie to take a one-shot lead at Sawgrass from Matt Kuchar . Tiger Woods shoots a level-par 72 to stay on 2-under , 10 shots adrift . Harris English shoots 7-over 79 after hitting spectator on head with first tee shot .