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OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. - Jim Furyk joined Tiger Woods in the record books of the U.S. Open yesterday, not once but three times. Woods, who obliterated the field at Pebble Beach three years ago, was not a factor. As Furyk became the third player in tournament history to get to double digits under par, Woods played his way out of serious contention in the third round of the 103rd U.S. Open at Olympia Fields. Furyk finished a round of 3-under-par 67 with a 30-foot birdie putt that put him at 10-under par for the third time in a stretch of 10 holes, helping him break the previous 54-hole Open scoring record by three strokes.

It doesn't surprise me when a kitchen chair breaks. Wha surprises me is when all the chairs are safe to sit on.That rare occurrence happened in our kitchen at 7:48 Tuesday night. That was when I finished screwing the replacement seats on three disabled chairs. We now have eight kitchen chairs in working order.There are only four of us in the family. But experience has taught me that you need a 2-to-1 chair-to-family member ratio, to ensure you have a seat at the supper table.Our kitchen chairs are nothing special.

Leader board Golfer Total Through Chris DiMarco 13-under 9 holes Tiger Woods 9-under 9 holes Thomas Bjorn 8-under 9 holes Rod Pampling 4-under 12 holes Vijay Singh 4-under 10 holes Mark Hensby 4-under 9 holes Note: The incomplete third round is scheduled to resume at 8 a.m. today. Round 4 is expected to start at about 11 a.m.

The Sun's Travis Haney spoke with Tom Fazio, renowned course designer who laid out Caves Valley in the early 1990s. Q: How were you introduced to this property in Baltimore County? A: It was about 12, maybe 13 years ago the first time I visited this property, before it was named Caves Valley. I was surprised it was so close to downtown Baltimore, pretty much in the Beltway area, so that surprised me because most of the new golf facilities tend to be out in rural areas. That impressed me to start with.

Another Ellsworth Vines he is not. At least, not yet.But, if potential has a place in sports, Woodholme Country Club member Ross Coleman could be the next athlete to play both tennis and golf professionally.It was Vines who startled the sports world some 40 years ago by abandoning a string of famed tennis championships to become a pro golfer. He enjoyed amazing success in both worlds.As for Coleman, 26, he already is a tennis pro, but only a once-in-a-while golfer. If he decides to get serious about the game, however, it could be because of his explosive round at Woodholme this week.

FRANKFORT, Mich. -- Bill Bosshard, 55, of Copley, Ohio, upset co-medalist Morris Beecroft, 61, of Newport News, Va., 5 and 4, to win at Crystal Downs Country Club.Bosshard never trailed. He won four straight holes in building a 5-up lead through 11 holes. The match ended when both players birdied the par-3 14th.

A 4-0 record in the NFL means your problems are relative. Whatever the holes in your argument, they're insignificant compared with the holes of teams that have already lost three or four times. But 4-0 doesn't mean those holes can just be ignored. Consider the example of the Ravens and their under-performing running game. Ravens @Broncos Monday, 8:30 p.m., ESPN, Ch. 13, 1090 AM, 97.9 FM Line: Broncos by 4

Paul Wolfowitz, president of the World Bank, is exposed as a man with holes in his socks as he leaves the Selimiye mosque in Edime, Turkey, on Sunday.

POLICE LOG* Wilde Lake: 10600 block of Fable Row: An alarm was activated about 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, and the resident reported Thursday that holes were found in a window screen, police said. No one entered.

The trunk of my holly tree has holes drilled all the way around it. I suspect the neighborhood kids. The holes aren't deep. Will they kill my tree? Your holly was attacked by a sapsucker woodpecker. It drills holes to feed on tree sap and the insects that get trapped in it. Its feeding activity usually doesn't kill a tree, unless the holes are so close that they girdle the cambium layer (the tree's vascular system). To discourage further drilling, wrap hardware cloth around the trunk where the damage is occurring.