Date: October 27, 2008
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Goggin soars to third

Mathew Goggin has fired a seven-under par 63 to finish in third place at the Frys.com Open in Scottsdale, Arizona. Goggin started the day in eighth place, but four birdies in his last five holes took him to 17-under overall and the clubhouse lead. But American duo Cameron Beckman and Kevin Sutherland both finished one stroke ahead of the plucky Australian, with Beckman going on to win the tournament in a playoff. Sutherland, who carded a closing 66, bogeyed the 16th to drop into a tie with Beckman and missed a birdie from nine feet on the 18th for the win. Both players parred the first play-off hole with Sutherland missing from 13 feet for the win. On the second play-off hole, Beckman hit his approach to six and a half feet and two-putted for the win as Sutherland needed four shots to make it on the green. It was the second play-off loss of the season for Sutherland, who was beaten along with Sergio Garcia by Vijay Singh at The Barclays in August. Mike Weir, J.J. Henry and Arron Oberholser finished in a tie for fourth at 14-under, while Australian duo Michael Sim and Steve Allan were among those in a tie for seventh. Aaron Baddeley will be happy with his weekend performance after he backed up his four-under 66 in the third round with a five-under 65 in the final round to shoot up to 11th position. A further three Aussies finished in the top 20, with Steve Elkington in a tie for 17th and Peter Lonard and Rod Pampling in a tie for 20th at 10-under. Mark Hensby and Nick Flanagan finished well down the leaderboard in a tie for 61st and 65th respectively. Fourth Round of the Frys.com Open, Arizona -18: Cameron Beckman 69 66 64 63 (won playoff), Kevin Sutherland 67 66 63 66 -17: Matthew Goggin (Australia) 69 63 68 63 -14: J.J Henry 65 69 68 64, Arron Oberholser 65 64 71 66, Mike Weir 66 68 69 63 -13: Steve Allan (Australia) 67 63 68 69, Paul Goydos 70 62 66 69, Pat Perez 71 66 67 63, Michael Sim (Australia) 72 63 68 64 -12: Woody Austin 69 65 65 69, Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 67 70 66 65, Davis Love III 69 67 67 65, George McNeill 68 63 66 71, Brenden Pappas 69 69 64 66, Bob Tway 69 67 64 68 -11: Steve Elkington (Australia) 66 67 68 68, Billy Mayfair 69 64 68 68, Sean O Hair 68 65 69 67 Also: -10: Peter Lonard (Australia) 69 70 64 67, Rod Pampling (Australia) 70 68 65 67 -3: Mark Hensby (Australia) 69 66 70 72 -2: Nick Flanagan (Australia) 71 67 69 71