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Goosen, 54, birdied nine of his first 12 holes on Sunday to got it going nicely. It's disappointing about the finish.
stake himself to a healthy three-shot lead over Toms. But “The breaks on the greens here are tricky,” Goosen said.
the unflappable Louisiana native played the final 10 holes “These mountains around you, a lot of them break a lot
in 6 under, while the South African played the final six holes more than you think and a lot of them, you know, it looks
in 2 over. like it's going to go and it doesn't go. So the greens are very
Still, it was Goosen’s best finish since he won the 2022 Hoag tricky to read.
Classic. He tied for third at 11 under with Paul Stankowski. Like Toms, Goosen had high marks for The Galleri Classic
“I haven't made any putts for two weeks and then finally in its first year.
today I started making a few early on“When I was driving Meanwhile, Yang YE finished the tournament tied for 46th
to the course this morning I was thinking if I could shoot place with a total score of 1-under par after three rounds,
10 under, I've got a pretty good chance. I could have shot 10 while Choi KJ finished tied for 53rd place with a total score
under if I didn't mess up coming in.” ,” Goosen said. “Yeah, of 1-over par.

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