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Retief Goosen’s trophy moment shared with son Leo in Georgia

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“Retief Goosen was thankful to have his son watch as he recorded a bogey-free back nine and birdied the 18th hole in Sunday’s final round to win the Mitsubishi Electric Classic.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Retief Goosen won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic at TPC Sugarloaf. Specifically, one source mentions him recording a bogey-free back nine and birdying the 18th hole in the final round. Another source confirms he won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic on Sunday at TPC Sugarloaf.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Theodore Ernest Els (; born 17 October 1969) is a South African professional golfer. A former World No. 1, he is nicknamed "The Big Easy" due to his physical stature along with his fluid golf swing. A…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions in Hawaii, on the Big Island. It is played annually in January at the Hualalai Resort Golf Club in Kaʻūp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Electric_Championsh…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mitsubishi Electric Classic is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions in Georgia in the greater Atlanta area. It debuted thirteen years ago in 2013 as the "Greater Gwinnett Championship," and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Electric_Classic
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“The tournament used the Modified Stableford scoring system to encourage aggressive play, and Goosen won by two points at +39 in Sugarloaf, Georgia.”
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Two independent web search results confirm that the tournament used the Modified Stableford scoring system and that Goosen won by two points. One source explicitly mentions him winning by two points at +39 in Sugarloaf, Ga., and that the tournament used the Modified Stableford scoring system.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, popularly referred to as the "Evo", is a sports sedan and rally car based on the Lancer that was manufactured by Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors from 1992 unti…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mitsubishi Mirage is a range of cars produced by the Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi from 1978 until 2003 and again since 2012. The hatchback models produced between 1978 and 2003 were classified…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Seam carving (or liquid rescaling) is an algorithm for content-aware image resizing, developed by Shai Avidan, of Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL), and Ariel Shamir, of the Interdiscip…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seam_carving
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“Rather than scoring relative to par, points are awarded per hole — minus-1 for a bogey, zero for par and two for birdie. Eagles are worth five points while double bogeys are minus-3.”
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Multiple web search results describe the Modified Stableford scoring system rules. While the exact point values listed in the claim (e.g., minus-3 for double bogeys) are not consistently matched across all sources, the core structure (points awarded per hole, minus-1 for bogey, two for birdie, zero for par, five for eagles) is corroborated by multiple sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Reno–Tahoe Open, sponsored as the Barracuda Championship since 2014, is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in California. Founded in 1999, it is an alternate event played annually in A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reno–Tahoe_Open
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stableford is a scoring system used in the sport of golf. Rather than counting the total number of strokes taken, as in regular stroke play, it involves scoring points based on the number of strokes t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stableford
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stroke play is a scoring system in the sport of golf. In the regular form of stroke play, also known as medal play, the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes. In a reg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke_play
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“Goosen entered the third round three points back of Zach Johnson at +25 after scoring +12 on Friday and +13 on Saturday.”
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One web search result directly corroborates the claim that Goosen entered the third round three points behind Zach Johnson, with scores of +12 on Friday and +13 on Saturday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2004 United States Open Championship was the 104th U.S. Open, held June 17–20 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Shinnecock Hills, New York. Retief Goosen won his second U.S. Open title, two strokes…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_U.S._Open_(golf)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2007 Masters Tournament was the 71st Masters Tournament, held April 5–8 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Zach Johnson won his first major championship, two strokes ahead of runne…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Retief Goosen (born 3 February 1969) is a South African professional golfer. He plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He has won two U.S. Opens, in 2001 and 2004, headed the European Tour Order of Merit in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retief_Goosen
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“After a bogey on the par-4 ninth, he posted six pars along with birdies on the 10th, 13th and 18th holes.”
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Two web search results corroborate parts of this claim. One source mentions Goosen posting six pars and birdying the 18th hole. Another source mentions him making birdie on No. 13 at the Mitsubishi Electric Classic. The claim's specific sequence (bogey on 9th, six pars, birdies on 10th, 13th, 18th) is detailed in the claim but the components (bogey on 9th, birdies on 13th and 18th, six pars) are supported by the evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2001 United States Open Championship was the 101st U.S. Open, held June 14–18 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The U.S. Open returned to Southern Hills for the first time since…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_U.S._Open_(golf)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2004 United States Open Championship was the 104th U.S. Open, held June 17–20 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Shinnecock Hills, New York. Retief Goosen won his second U.S. Open title, two strokes…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_U.S._Open_(golf)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Retief Goosen (born 3 February 1969) is a South African professional golfer. He plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He has won two U.S. Opens, in 2001 and 2004, headed the European Tour Order of Merit in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retief_Goosen
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“The last birdie broke a deadlock with Canada’s Stephen Ames (+37), preventing a playoff and handing the two-time major champion his fifth Champions Tour title.”
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Two web search results confirm that Goosen birdied the 18th hole and won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic, securing his fifth Champions Tour title. One source notes he beat Stephen Ames by two points. The specific detail about breaking a deadlock with Stephen Ames (+37) and preventing a playoff is supported by the context of the sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Retief Goosen is a South African professional golfer. He plays on the PGA Tour Champions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retief_Goosen
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web search NEUTRAL — Retief Goosen recorded a bogey-free back nine and birdied the 18th hole in Sunday's final round to win the Mitsubishi Electric Classic by two points at +39 in Sugarloaf, Ga. The tournament used the Mo…
https://supersport.com/golf/news/6c34a5a5-66bc-4d1c-921c-b35…
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web search NEUTRAL — Retief Goosen makes birdie on No. 18 at Mitsubishi Electric Classic.Goosen closed with a 14-point round under the modified Stableford scoring system to beat Stephen Ames by two points. The 57-year-old…
https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions/article/news/daily…
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“A special moment was made more memorable by the fact that Goosen’s son Leo, 23, was there in person to watch him finish atop the leaderboard.”
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The claim that Goosen's son, Leo (age 23), attended the event is reported in the context of the event, but no other independent sources were found to corroborate the presence of his son or his age.
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web search NEUTRAL — Retief Goosen recorded a bogey-free back nine and birdied the 18th hole in Sunday's final round to win the Mitsubishi Electric Classic by two points at +39 in Sugarloaf, Ga. The tournament used the Mo…
https://supersport.com/golf/news/6c34a5a5-66bc-4d1c-921c-b35…
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web search NEUTRAL — PGA TOUR pro Retief Goosen gives us an inside look at what he carries in his golf bag. For more about Retief, visit PGATOUR.COM. .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snQtw2HmtiY
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web search NEUTRAL — Retief Goosen captures Mitsubishi Electric Classic for fifth Champions Tour title. 4 hours ago. Save for later.Zach Johnson atop tight leaderboard in Stableford debut at Mitsubishi Electric Classic.
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“Ames (+19 Sunday) was tied with two others for the best score of the tournament in Sunday’s round, nearly rallying all the way back from a +2 opening round that had him well down the leaderboard.”
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The evidence confirms Stephen Ames played in the tournament and had a strong round, but the specific details—that he tied with two others for the best score on Sunday, or that he recovered from a +2 opening round—are only present in the web search results and lack corroboration from other independent sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ames had 19 points in the final round. Second-round leader Zach Johnson was third at 36 after an eight-point day.
https://www.bastillepost.com/global/article/5809490-nelly-ko…
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web search NEUTRAL — Stephen Ames leads Texas Open golf tournament after three rounds (S).Ames entered the third round with a one-stroke lead over Sandy Lyle, Jeff Brehaut and Brian Henninger. Ames avoided some of the pit…
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/26/sports/golf-roundup-ames-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Stephen Ames shot a 3-under 69 on Friday to take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the PGA Tour Champions' Morocco Champions.
https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/28607700/stephen-ames-s…
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“He carded one eagle, seven birdies and no bogeys.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results or Wikipedia entries regarding Stephen Ames carding one eagle, seven birdies, and no bogeys in his Sunday round.
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“Johnson (+8) had two birdies and two bogeys in the first six holes before rattling off nine straight pars to halt what had been a consistent week of putting up positive numbers.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results or Wikipedia entries regarding Zach Johnson recording two birdies and two bogeys in the first six holes followed by nine straight pars.
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“He birdied the final three holes, finishing a stroke back of Ames in third place at +36.”
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“Stewart Cink (+19) and Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee (+15) rounded out the top five at +35 and +33.”
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“Cink, who scored a combined +30 in the first and third rounds, was derailed by a +5 on Saturday.”
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