Four top leaderboard into final round

Retief Goosen shot a 6-under-par 66 Saturday to share the lead with three others after three rounds of the German Masters.

A bogey on the 16th hole dropped the two-time U.S. Open champion into in a tie with Henrik Stenson (64) , Nick Dougherty (66) and Anthony Wall (68) at 15-under 201. Jose Maria Olazabal (70) was at 203, with Paul Casey (71) at 205 and Bernhard Langer (71) at 207.

Goosen pulled ahead after a 25-foot eagle putt on No. 13 and a birdie on No. 15 on a day when no wind brought low scores.

``I think my putting has been saving me all week, last week, too,'' said Goosen, coming off a win at the China Masters. ``But I'm trying to get comfortable on my driving.''

Goosen will pass U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell at the top of Europe's money list if he wins the $3.8 million event, the start of three straight lucrative events. Next week's World Match Play is followed by the American Express Championship.

Campbell, who won this tournament in 2000 winner, struggled with a 73 for a 213 total.

Casey had shared the lead with Goosen until finding the bunker on the 17th and finishing the hole with a double bogey. He has recently worked his way out a deep slump, taking third at last week's European Masters.

``People write about it, but I wasn't worried about it,'' Casey said. ``I've always been a streaky player.''

Langer, the co-promoter along with brother Erwin, won this event in 1989, 1991, 1997 and 2001.

204 David Howell 72 66 66

205 Niclas Fasth (Swe) 69 71 65, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 71 69 65, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 69 70 66, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 70 68 67

206 Kenneth Ferrie 68 72 66, Richard Green (Aus) 70 70 66, Pierre Fulke (Swe) 68 69 69

207 Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 67 74 66, Simon Dyson 72 68 67, Simon Khan 69 69 69

208 Andrew Coltart 73 68 67, Barry Lane 66 72 70, Graeme Storm 69 69 70

209 Bradley Dredge 66 75 68, Steve Webster 69 72 68, Stephen Dodd 69 70 70, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 67 71 71, Lee Slattery 72 66 71, Jonathan Lomas 73 65 71, Joackim Backstrom (Swe) 71 66 72 210 Ian Woosnam 75 67 68, Mark Hensby (Aus) 71 71 68, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 71 70 69, Stuart Little 69 71 70, Peter Senior (Aus) 66 72 72

211 Brett Rumford (Aus) 70 72 69, Graeme McDowell 71 70 70, Damien McGrane 71 70 70, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 73 67 71, Markus Brier (Aut) 66 73 72, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 67 72 72, Marten Olander (Swe) 71 68 72, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 71 67 73, Sven Struver (Ger) 70 68 73

212 Raymond Russell 72 70 70, Soren Hansen (Den) 71 71 70, Christian Cevaer (Fra) 71 71 70, Peter Hanson (Swe) 69 73 70, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 68 73 71, Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 70 71 71, Robert-Jan Derksen (Ned) 75 65 72

213 John Bickerton 72 70 71, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 74 68 71, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 71 69 73, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 72 67 74

214 Peter O'Malley (Aus) 71 71 72, Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 71 71 72, Andre Bossert (Swi) 72 69 73, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 70 70 74, Alastair Forsyth 69 71 74

215 Miles Tunnicliff 74 68 73, Andrew Oldcorn 68 73 74, Niki Zitny (Aut) 67 72 76

216 Ian Poulter 72 70 74, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 71 71 74, David Carter 71 71 74, Marcel Siem (Ger) 71 70 75

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