Dougherty Stumbles, Keeps Lead at U.S. Senior Open by One Shot

Ed Dougherty bogeyed two of the last three holes and shot a three-over-par 75 Saturday but still held a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the U.S. Senior Open in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Dougherty’s 54-hole score of four-under 212 is one stroke better than Bruce Summerhays, defending champion Hale Irwin and Dave Eichelberger.

Summerhays and Irwin built momentum for today’s final round, charging with late birdies to shoot 70. Summerhays birdied No. 17 while Irwin birdied 16 and 17 and barely missed a 12-foot putt for another at 18.

Dougherty, winless in his second season on the Senior PGA Tour, is trying to become the first player to win the Senior Open wire-to-wire since Simon Hobday broke away from a first-round tie in 1994.

Dale Douglass led outright after each round in 1986.

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Colin Montgomerie stole the spotlight from Spanish rookie Sergio Garcia with a masterful 64 that carried him from four strokes back to a three-stroke victory in the Loch Lomond tournament in Glasgow, Scotland.

Although he started and finished with bogeys, the Scot had a run of nine birdies in 12 holes in the middle of his round to finally gain an individual victory on his native Scottish soil.

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Jerry Kelly, trying to become the first player to win a PGA event without a bogey since 1974, shot a five-under 66 in the third round of the Greater Milwaukee Open, good for a one-stroke advantage heading into the final day. . . . Scott Hoch withdrew from the British Open. He did not give organizers a reason. . . . Tina Barrett shot a two-under 70 to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Michelob Light Classic in St. Louis.

Jurisprudence

Two New York Jets and a former Jet who now plays for the Cincinnati Bengals were arrested after an altercation in a bar and a scuffle with police in Long Island, N.Y. Jason Fabini, 24, and Jumbo Elliott, 34, both of the Jets, and Matt O’Dwyer, 26, of the Bengals were drinking in the bar when they became rowdy around 3 a.m., authorities said. Police were called and the three were arrested.

O’Dwyer, who signed a two-year, $2.7-million contract with Cincinnati three weeks ago, kicked out a window of a police cruiser, sending glass into the faces of the arresting officers, Kearnes said.

Former Jet defensive end Mark Gastineau was sentenced to 15 days in jail after being arrested earlier in the week on charges he violated a protection order obtained by his estranged wife.

Tennis

American Chris Woodruff finally broke the unbreakable serve and defeated Wayne Arthurs of Australia, 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, to reach the finals of the Hall of Fame Championships at Newport, R.I. Arthurs hadn’t been broken in 59 games in the tournament before Woodruff broke through at 4-4 in the third set. Woodruff will face Kenneth Carlsen, the Danish left-hander who defeated Laurence Tieleman of Italy, 7-6 (8-6), 6-1. . . . Albert Costa of Spain and Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador won semifinal matches in the Swiss Open. Costa, who won the title in 1996, advanced with a 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 comeback victory over Morocco’s Younes El Aynaoui. Lapentti upset fifth-seeded and 1997 champion Felix Mantilla of Spain, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5. . . . Wild-card entry Andreas Vinciguerra advanced to his first ATP final by beating fifth-seeded Christian Ruud of Norway, 6-3, 6-3, in the Swedish Open. The 18-year-old, playing only a few hours drive from his hometown, will face Juan Antonio Marin of Spain today for the title. Marin eliminated another Swedish wild-card entrant, Nicklas Kulti, 2-6, 7-6 (11-9), 6-4.

Auto Racing

Customs officials are looking into allegations of a link between Formula One racing and cocaine smuggling amid accusations that cars may have been used to conceal drugs as they are transported around the world, the Sunday Times of London reported.

Dennis Setzer held off Kevin Harvick’s last-ditch charge from deep in the field to win the rain-delayed NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Federated Auto Parts 250 at Nashville Speedway USA. . . . Michael Andretti won the pole for today’s Texaco/Havoline 200 in Elkhart Lake, Wis. . . . Mika Hakkinen of Finland won the pole for the sixth time in eight tries this season, this time for the British Grand Prix.

Soccer

Teams in Mexico have expressed support for Raul Rodrigo Lara and Paulo Cesar Chavez, two members of the national squad who were expelled after testing positive for steroid use during this week’s play of the Copa America in Paraguay.

The controversy did not stop Mexico from beating Peru. After tying, 3-3, in regulation play, Mexico won the shootout, 4-2, to advance to the semifinals. In another quarterfinal, Uruguay won a shootout from Paraguay, 5-3, after regulation ended in a 1-1 tie.

Miscellany

Roy Disney’s 72-foot maxi sled Pyewacket was 229 miles from the Honolulu finish line Saturday morning, headed for a record finish in the Transpacific Yacht Race. . . . Jimmy Robinson, a senior wide receiver at Kentucky, was hospitalized in good condition after being shot twice during a party near campus. He was shot in the upper left arm and left thumb, breaking both bones, a statement from the university said. . . . Diver Fu Mingxia, a three-time Olympic gold medalist from China, continued to shine in her return from retirement, winning the three-meter springboard at the University Games in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. . . . A bid by the Baltimore-Washington area to host the 2012 Summer Olympics has received a major boost, with donations of more than $1 million in new corporate contributions.