Byeong Hun An holds a one-shot lead over Scotland's Martin Laird going into the final round of the Waste Management Open in Phoenix.

American Webb Simpson, playing only the fifth major of his life, is the new United States Open champion as golf’s ability to surprise added yet another chapter in misty San Francisco.

Pádraig Harrington mounted a late charge for the US Open last night as overnight leaders Graeme McDowell and Jim Furyk were locked in a grim battle for survival at a foggy Olympic Club.

Graeme McDowell looked like he had just gone 18 rounds with Mike Tyson after he suffered a late collapse but still kept alive his chances of grabbing a second US Open triumph in three years

Second-half goals from captain Paul Lambert and his deputy Barry Ferguson spared Scotland their greatest-ever humiliation.