With one of only two rounds in the 60s on Saturday, Jimmy Walker and Rickie Fowler earned a spot in the final group with the only team ahead of them in the World Cup.
Walker and Fowler shot a 3-under 69, one stroke better than the Danish duo of Soren Kjeldsen and Thorbjorn Oleson and a score the Americans felt was very good in the alternate-shot format.
Going into the final round of best-ball play, they trail the Danes by four shots.
"It would be nice to be out front or a little closer," Fowler said, "but with where we were coming into today [trailing by five], just putting up a solid round of golf was that we wanted to do.