SUNRIVER, Ore. — D.A. Weibring rallied with birdies at Nos. 17 and 18 to shoot a 5-under-par 67 and share the first-round lead with Tom Lehman on Thursday at the Jeld-Weld Tradition — the fourth of five majors on the Champions Tour.
Weibring, ranked 49th in Champions Tour earnings in 2010, said he’s “a day in, day out” proposition in the tournament, depending on whether a bone spur in his left shoulder causes pain.
Weibring and Lehman by no means separated themselves from others on the leaderboard. Nearly one-third of the 66-man field is within two strokes of the lead.
• Arjun Atwal tied a tournament record with a 61 and took a two- stroke lead at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C. Atwal matched Carl Pettersson‘s 2-year- old mark at the Sedgefield Country Club. He was 9-under through the first round of the PGA Tour’s final event before the playoffs.
Brandt Snedeker, who won this event in 2007, shot a 63.
Former Nugget indicted in scam
DETROIT — Former Nuggets guard and Michigan State star Jay Vincent has been indicted for an Internet employment scam that bilked about 20,000 job seekers out of about $2 million, the U.S. Attorney’s office said.
Vincent, 51, faces charges of mail fraud and income tax evasion.
• The NBA fined swingman Rudy Fernandez $25,000 for public statements that are “detrimental” to the league, a day after his agent said the Spaniard did not want to return to the Portland Trail Blazers this season.
NBA rules prohibit players and their agents from publicly asking for a trade.
Adrian, Coughlin win 100 free
IRVINE, Calif. — Nathan Adrian won the 100-meter freestyle at the Pan Pacific championships with the world’s fastest time this year (48.15 seconds), while American teammate Natalie Coughlin claimed the women’s event for the third time, finishing in 53.67.
Two-time Olympic champion Michael Phelps failed to make the 400-meter individual medley final. He had the fourth-fastest time of 4 minutes, 15.38 seconds in the preliminaries, but only two swimmers per country are allowed in the evening final. And he wasn’t close to being even the second-fastest American, as world champion Ryan Lochte was quickest in 4:07.77, while Tyler Clary was second in 4:09.20.
Footnotes.
Former top-60 tennis player Daniel Koellerer and his manager, Manfred Nareyka, have been placed on two years’ probation because Koellerer’s personal website listed odds for matches and had links to sites for placing bets.
• Santa Anita owner Frank Stronach said he will replace the track’s synthetic surface with dirt that will be ready in time for the start of the Los Angeles-area track’s winter-spring meet Dec. 26.
• Denver East High graduate David Oliver failed in his latest attempt to take down Dayron Robles‘ 110-hurdles world record of 12.87 seconds, finishing .06 seconds behind the Cuban’s mark at the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting in Zurich.
The Associated Press
