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For Oosthuizen (71–279), it was his sixth runner-up finish PGA Tour, carded a 6-over 77 that included a tee shot on
in a major championship since winning the 2010 Open No. 11 that bounced off a cart path and lodged in a tree.
Championship at St. Andrews, and second in the U.S. Henley, a 32-year-old from Columbus, Ga., who shared
Open (2015). Harris English finished three strokes back in the 18- and 36-hole leads, carded a 76 for a 72-hole total of
third (3-under 281) after shooting a final-round 68. even-par 284 (T-13).
Sundays at major championships can showcase plenty Once Oosthuizen, 38, assumed the lead early on the
of thrills and spills and Torrey Pines didn’t disappoint. back nine, few expected him to give it up. A player with
The day began with Oosthuizen, Mackenzie Hughes and a metronomic swing and calm demeanor, was seemingly
Russell Henley sharing the 54-hole lead, the latter two in control of his game with eight holes left. His bogey
never having been in this position. Hughes, a 30-year-old 4 on the championship’s most difficult hole, the par-
Canadian who had missed his five previous cuts on the 3 11th, was not unexpected. But he failed to birdie the

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