WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia (AP) ― Webb Simpson likes the way he’s avoiding bogeys and figures he’ll need to play smart again at the Greenbrier Classic to get his second win in three tournaments.The U.S. Open champion shot a 5-under 65 in the third round Saturday to take a two-stroke lead into the final round. Simpson had his second straight bogey-free round to reach 14 under on The Greenbrier Resort’s Old White TPC Course.Troy Kelly was second after a 62. Rookie Charlie Beljan, J.B. Ho

ROGERS, Arkansas (AP) ― Veronica Felibert shot a 5-under 66 on Saturday to stretch her lead to four strokes at the LPGA’s NW Arkansas Classic.The rookie from Venezuela continued her surprising run at Pinnacle Country Club, where she made the field as the second alternate. After missing the cuts in her previous three tournaments, she opened with a 65 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead.Mika Miyazato and Park In-bee were tied for second. Miyazato had a 65, and Park shot 68. Brittany Lang had a 63,

CROMWELL, Connecticut (AP) ― David Mathis hoped to start strong at the Travelers Championship after missing the cut last week in the U.S. Open.The 38-year-old Mathis birdied his first hole, then holed out from 158 yards on the par-3 11th hole. He knocked in a 49-foot birdie putt on his third, was at 6-under par after six holes, and fished with a 6-under 64 for a one-shot lead.“It was an awesome start,” said Mathis, who has never finished better than eighth in a PGA Tour event. “I was hitting a l

EASTBOURNE (AP) ― Andy Roddick reached the quarterfinals of the Eastbourne tennis championships on Wednesday, needing eight match points to overpower Jeremy Chardy of France 6-2, 7-6 (6).“You know, I served well. I returned pretty well. He served great on big points, but, you know, I stuck through there,” Roddick said.The American has been seeded 30th at Wimbledon, where he has reached the finals three times.“I’d resigned myself to the fact I wasn’t going to be seeded,” he said. “I mean, they ca

SAINT-OMER, France (AP) ― Darren Fichardt of South Africa shot a 2-over 73 to win the Saint-Omer Open by three strokes on Sunday for his third European Tour title.Fichardt went into the final round with a five-stroke lead and shot his worst round of the tournament to finish at 5-under 279. He also won the Sao Paulo Brazil Open in 2001 and the Qatar Masters in 2003.“It was messy today,” Fichardt said. “It definitely wasn’t pretty. I was absolutely terrified and I was happy we didn’t have to play

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Webb Simpson won the U.S. Open and put two more names into the graveyard of champions.Overlooked for so much of the week, Simpson emerged on a fog-filled Sunday at The Olympic Club with four birdies around the turn and a tough chip out of a hole to the right of the 18th green that he converted into par for a 2-under 68.He finished at 1-over 281, and it was enough to outlast former U.S. Open champions Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell.Furyk bogeyed two of his last three holes. Mc

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Michael Thompson strung together four birdies on the back nine at Olympic Club that carried him to a 4-under 66 and a three-shot lead after the opening round of the U.S. Open on Thursday. Tiger Woods was in a five-way tie for second place after a 69 that featured consecutive birdies late in his round, including a 35-foot putt that banged into the back of the cup on No. 5. Only six players managed to break par in the opening round, which would have come as a surprise to none

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Jack Nicklaus will always be linked with his four U.S. Open titles ― not just in the record book, but on the gold medal given to the winner.Starting this year, the U.S. Open champion will receive the “Jack Nicklaus Medal.” The medal has been awarded to the winner every year since the U.S. Open began in 1895. It previously did not have a name. The winner also gets a silver trophy, which doesn’t have a name.The USGA also announced it is adding 1,000 square feet to its museum f