Berger goes five clear at Honda Classic

Daniel Berger remains the leader of the Honda Classic after starting Saturday with a three-shot lead and finishing with a five-shot advantage

He's now 18 holes away from winning a tournament that's a 15-minute drive from his home.

Shane Lowry (67), Chris Kirk (71), Sepp Straka (69) and first-round leader Kurt Kitayama (71) are all tied for second at 6 under.

Only 13 of the 73 players who made the cut shot below par Saturday. Lowry had the day's best round at just 3 under.

"Obviously, you want to go out and catch him [Daniel Berger] tomorrow, but I don't think you can go and catch anyone on this golf course," Lowry said.

"You just need to do your thing and shoot the best score you can and hopefully it will be somewhere near good enough."

Andrew Kozan, Curtis Thompson, Billy Horschel and Kevin Streelman all shot 68s on Saturday, though in all four cases, that simply meant just getting to even par for the week, nowhere near Berger.

"It played a lot tougher today," Kitayama said.

There were hints that Berger might come back to the pack - he pulled the ball into the left rough on his first tee shot of the day. The left rough awaited him on the fourth hole as well, as did a greenside bunker on the seventh.

He saved par each time, and again on the tenth, when he two-putted from 65 feet to keep the card flawless. The only mistake from Berger on the last, and it produced him his lone bogey of the day.

Kirk was the closest for a while, just three shots back as he headed to the Par 4 on the 14th hole. However, a trip into the trees led to a double-bogey, and Berger backed off his putt before coolly rolling in a 5-footer to save par yet again.

With a five-shot lead, Berger went for it at the Par 3 at the 15th, the start of the