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By Helen Ross
PGATOUR.com Chief of Correspondents

NORTON, Mass. -- Jason Gore has the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup all figured out. He just plans to keep playing until someone tells him to go home.

Another 64 - like the one he shot on Sunday at the TPC Boston during the third round of the Deutsche Bank Championship - and Gore might get to extend his stay in the Playoffs another week, too.

Jason Gore eagled No. 18 during this third round. (WireImage)

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Gore's round of 7 under included a birdie-birdie-birdie-eagle finish and moved him from a tie for 48th into a tie for eighth at 8 under. He'll start Labor Day's final round five strokes off the lead held by Brett Wetterich.

Gore entered the Deutsche Bank Championship ranked 83rd in the FedExCup, and he had moved up 11 spots in the projected standings at the end of the third round. Only the top 70 on Monday advance to play at the BMW Championship next week, though.

"I think my caddie Lewis (Puller) said it perfectly," Gore said. "He said, if you really think about taking the week off by your choice, it's okay. But you don't want to get eliminated.

"If I go home, that's great. If I get in next week, obviously none of us want to get eliminated. I think it's a mental thing. You'd rather actually take the week off on your own personal choice rather than get eliminated."

Gore found the spark he needed on Sunday on the 15th hole. He'd been fighting his swing a little bit during the first two rounds -- "I kind of felt a little crazy over some shots and hit some drivers I don't normally do," Gore admitted -- but when he teed off there, something clicked.

"I just tried to give myself more room," he explained. "I was just kind of getting a little stuck and just found something. I hit a 3 wood on 15 and said, wow, that felt really good, and just tried to keep that feeling."

Gore felt even better after the finishing stretch that saw him play the final four holes in a red-hot 5-under par.

He followed that swing-affirming 3-wood at the 15th hole with a 9-iron to 6 feet for his first birdie. Gore then hit an 8-iron to 3 feet at the 16th and made a 12-footer for his third straight birdie at No. 17.

Gore's eagle on the final hole came courtesy of a 300-yard drive and a 4-iron that left him a mere 8 feet to polish off the 64. So can he carry the same feeling with him to the tee on Monday?

"Who knows," the good-natured Gore said, smiling. "With me, who knows. It's always up in the air with me."