Around the greens
• Second-round leader Nick Flanagan birdied his final hole to join fellow Australian Gavin Coles in first place after three rounds at the US Bank Championship in Milwaukee. Flanagan, who shared the second-round lead with Richard S. Johnson of Sweden, shot a 1-under 69 and Coles a 68 to get to 11 under.
• R. W. Eaks shot 9-under 63 for a three-stroke lead over Gene Jones and Loren Roberts after two rounds of the storm-delayed Champions Tour’s 3M Championship at Blaine, Minn. Former Crag Burn pro Lonnie Nielsen (66) is six back but six ahead of ex-Buffalonian Jim Thorpe (69).
• Jack Newman, a soon-to-be junior at Michigan State, beat John Chin 5 and 3 in the 36-hole final of the U. S. Amateur Public Links Championship in Aurora, Colo. The native of Des Moines, Iowa, earns the traditional invitation into the field for next year’s Masters.
