Mark Calcavecchia and Heath Slocum are setting the pace following the third round of the Pods Championship in Bermuda, although overnight leader, Aussie Stephen Leaney, has dropped off the pace. Calcavecchia, though, produced a brilliant round as he fired 10 birdies in a nine-under-par 62 in benign conditions at Innisbrook for a nine-under total of 204. The 46-year-old former Open champion had his bags packed ready for an early exit after an opening 75, during which he needed 36 putts. However, he found his touch on the greens on Friday, taking just 23 putts, and needed just 23 more on Saturday. Five birdies in the first six holes set the tone for the day and a bogey at the eighth proved just a temporary setback as he added five more birdies on the back nine. His birdie at the 18th came after an errant tee shot which left him in a fairway bunker, from where he hooked a seven iron around a clump of trees to the heart of the green. Calcavecchia credited his score to a new putter he bought last week at a golf store for $256. “I was packed up (ready to go home),” he said. “I had 36 putts on Thursday. “We all go through stretches where you can&apost hit the hole from outside about two feet and I was in that mode. The same could not be said for Australian Stephen Leaney, who slipped from the lead to equal eighth after hitting 72 this round, while John Senden (69) finished the day in equal 14th, with Nathan Green (70), Peter Lonard (71) and Gavin Coles (72) all having solid rounds on the difficult Bermuda course. PODS Championship -9: Mark Calcavecchia 75 67 62, Heath Slocum 68 69 67 -8: K.J. Choi 69 69 67 -6: Brian Gay 69 72 66, Lucas Glover 72 68 67, Chris DiMarco 69 69 69, Pat Perez, 68 70 69, -5: Zach Johnson 71 71 66, Charley Hoffman 72 69 67, Ryan Moore 69 71 68, Anthony Kim 67 73 68, Billy Andrade 69 70 69, Stephen Leaney (Aus) 69 67 72 -4: Rich Beam 73 69 67, Paul Goydos 71 69 69, J.B. Holmes 72 68 69, John Senden (Aus) 69 71 69, Bart Bryant 71 69 69, Jason Bohn 69 70 70, Vaughn Taylor 70 68 71 Also -1: Nathan Green (Aus) 70 72 70 E: Gavin Coles (Aus) 70 71 72 +1: Peter Lonard (Aus) 71 72 71 +7: Mark Hensby (Aus) 72 71 77