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Jhonattan Vegas starts and ends strong in 3rd round at Players, makes leaderboard in 2012

Jhonattan Vegas has been relatively quiet in his second season on the PGA Tour.No victories. Not even a top-10 finish. As many cuts missed as made.So seeing the 27-year-old Venezuelan on the leaderboard at The Players Championship after the third round was nearly as surprising as his win at the Bob Hope Classic last year.Vegas shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday, moved to 6-under 210 and put himself in the mix heading into the final round. He trailed leader Kevin Na by six strokes."I'm in a great place," Vegas said. "I feel like I'm in a good position because I don't feel like the leaders are going to go too far ahead. So within range, which is good, which is kind of what you want going into Sunday."Vegas hasn't been in this position all year. Not really close, either.He has missed 13 cuts since winning the Bob Hope in January 2011. He missed the cut in half of his 12 tournaments this year, and before this week, had broken 70 only five times in 37 rounds. His best finish was 27th at the seas...

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