Reno, Nevada, Aug 4, 2012 (AFP) - Henry posted an eagle for the third consecutive day and has 36 points overall in the Stableford format event which awards eight points for double eagle, five for eagle, two for birdie and none for par. Players are deducted a point for bogey and three points for anything worse.
Henry, who is seeking his second career USPGA Tour title, is three points ahead of Brazil's Alexandre Rocha in the PGA Tour's first Stableford scoring event in six years.
Second round leader Rocha scored nine points Saturday and is in sole possession of second with 33 points.
John Mallinger was third at 32, followed by first-round leader Andres Romero, of Argentina, with 31. Mallinger earned 10 points and Romero also picked up 10.
Bill Lunde (14), England's Gary Christian (12) and John Daly (9) are tied for fifth place with 28 points.
Daly briefly held the lead with an eagle on the par-five 13th, but then tumbled back down the leaderboard after posting three-straight bogeys.
Leading third-round scores on Saturday in the $3 million Reno-Tahoe Open (USA unless noted, under the stableford system, points are awarded for your score on hole. Eight points are given for a double eagle, five for an eagle, two for a birdie and zero points for par. A player will lose a point for a bogey and three for double bogey or worse):
36 - J.J. Henry 10-12-14
33 - Alexandre Rocha (BRA) 8-16-9
32 - John Mallinger 11-11-10
31 - Andres Romero (ARG) 14-7-10
28 - Gary Christian (ENG) 5-11-12, John Daly 10-9-9, Bill Lunde 4-10-14
26 - Justin Leonard 5-10-11
25 - Seung-yul Noh (KOR) 13-3-9
24 - Joe Durant 8-9-7, John Merrick 6-11-7, Tom Pernice 7-6-11, Kevin Stadler 5-8-11
23 - Ricky Barnes 11-5-7, Todd Hamilton 9-6-8, Padraig Harrington (IRL) 7-7-9, J.B. Holmes 1-17-5, Brendan Steele 6-10-7