WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- This is starting to look an awful lot like last year’s final nine holes here for Webb Simpson.

Simpson has now bogeyed each of his last three holes to tumble out of the lead and likely out of contention. He’s now four shots back of leader Troy Kelly, a 33-year-old journeyman who is making just his 34th career start on the PGA TOUR.

Meanwhile, Charlie Wi has moved into contention at 14 under after an eagle on the par-5 17th. Charlie Beljan and Ted Potter Jr. are another shot back.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- A year ago, Webb Simpson needed to play the back nine in even par to land in a playoff at The Greenbrier Classic.

This year, he entered the back nine with the lead -- until a bogey on the par-5 12th, where his second shot came up short of the green and he ran his pitch 40 feet past the hole. Simpson three-putted from there and fell a stroke behind Troy Kelly.

Things weren’t any better on the next hole, either, where Simpson drove it into a hazard and will likely make bogey at best.

Meanwhile, Kelly leads by himself thanks to a birdie on the par-3 11th.

Ken Duke has also pulled even with Simpson after an eagle on the 12th, where he hit his 230-yard second shot to 15 feet and made the putt.

By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- At a hefty 6-foot-7, Greenbrier owner Jim Justice is figuratively and literally larger than life, which is why Tiger Woods and John Daly have decided to help try to extend his.

“I told him I’d give him $100 for every pound he loses, to any charity he wants,” Daly said after a final-round 65. “Tiger said he’d do it, too. We care about him. If we could get him to lose some weight and add about 30-40 years to his life, he’ll be happy. It’s time somebody did something for him after him always doing something for everybody else.”

Daly told Justice of the plan when the two saw each other Sunday morning.

“He’s just got the biggest heart of any man I’ve ever known,” Daly continued. “I just want him to know that we all care about him. Every year I talk to him, his back is hurting him, and his knees are hurting him. I can get to my doctor and help him lose a ton of weight. He’ll feel better. We just want to help him. We want to add years to his life.”

Earlier this week, Justice extended the life of this tournament announcing a contract extension with the PGA TOUR through 2021.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- Webb Simpson just made the turn here at The Old White TPC, where he’s right back where he started: In the lead.

Troy Kelly briefly took the lead earlier in the day, but he’s back to 14 under and a stroke back with Charlie Beljan after bogeying the ninth hole.

Beljan, by the way, has the day’s best round going between those three at 3 under through 10 holes, while Simpson and Kelly are 1 and 2 under, respectively.

Simpson hasn’t made a bogey in 57 holes, though he’s made just one birdie so far today.

He did the same thing in the third round, birdieing only the par-4 seventh, on the front nine. Simpson then birdied four of his last six holes on the day.

Ted Potter Jr., meanwhile, is another stroke back at 13 under. He’s also 3 under through 10 holes.

Martin Flores and Ken Duke are three off the lead, as is Daniel Summerhays, though he has just a couple of holes to play.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- Thanks to a birdie on the par-4 seventh, Webb Simpson has moved back into a share of the lead with Troy Kelly at The Greenbrier Classic.

Whether they’ll be able to finish could be another matter.

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for Greenbrier County, among other surrounding counties, until 10 p.m. ET.

According to the National Weather Service, thunderstorms are expected to fire up along the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains (see the radar picture from Weather.com above). Some of those storms are expected to be strong to severe with high winds.

The good news: There’s only a 30 percent chance of precipitation until 6 p.m., when it increases to 75 percent.

Barring a playoff, the tournament should end right around 6 p.m.

By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- The goal for John Daly is simple: To get his PGA TOUR card back.

With only past champion status, it’s an uphill battle at best. Sunday, he took a step in the right direction.

Daly shot a 65 in the final round of The Greenbrier Classic, where he recorded his best finish of the season.

It was the second straight start on the PGA TOUR  that Daly played well. He tied for 19th last month at the FedEx St. Jude Classic, where he closed with a 64.

Daly has made only six starts on TOUR this year. The rest of his season has been spent on the European Tour, where he’s also made six starts. His best finish on that Tour was 11th at the Sicilian Open in April. He also finished 24th in the Irish Open earlier this month.

By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- Players not otherwise eligible for the British Open have this week and next to try to earn a spot in the field at Royal Lytham & St. Annes.

Marc Leishman earned one of two spots by virtue of a mini-money list (cumulative earnings from THE PLAYERS Championship, FedEx St. Jude Classic, U.S. Open, Travelers Championship, AT&T National and The Greenbrier Classic).

Leishman, who won for the first time two weeks ago in Hartford, was all but guaranteed a spot with just over $1.15 million in earnings coming into this week -- and a $400,000-plus lead over second place.

The Aussie finished his week here at 4 over and near the bottom of the leaderboard.

Michael Thompson, who was second on that money list, did not play this week. He could still earn the second spot if no one on the leaderboard passes him.

Others near Thompson at the start of the week will not. John Merrick was just over $100,000 behind Merrick, but like Leishman he finished near the bottom of the leaderboard at even par for the week following a final-round 73.

Ditto Charley Hoffman, who ended the week 1 over, and Jhonattan Vegas, who missed the cut.

Another spot will go to the top finisher here (and at next week’s John Deere Classic) not otherwise eligible.

By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- Webb Simpson’s final round is under way from The Greenbrier Classic, where he just parred the opening hole to maintain his two-shot lead.

In the short, two-year history of this tournament, neither third-round leader was able to hold on for the win. Inaugural winner Stuart Appleby was tied for eighth entering the final round in 2010 when he carded a final-round 59 to win. The next year, Scott Stallings was second behind Anthony Kim before winning in a playoff.

Also, the third-round leader/co-leader has held on to win just nine times in 27 stroke-play events so far in 2012 (most recently Jason Dufner at the HP Byron Nelson Championship).

We’ve also seen some pretty large comebacks this year (see chart below). So if Simpson doesn’t win, who will?

Biggest final-round comebacks in 2012

By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- Over the last 52 weeks, no one on the PGA TOUR has had more top 10s than Webb Simpson.

That of course isn’t what’s on Simpson’s mind entering today’s final round at The Greenbrier Classic, where he leads by two and is looking for his second win of the season and fourth in the past 12 months.

Only Tiger Woods has as many victories on TOUR as Simpson during that span.

One other note about Simpson this week: He’s gone his last 48 holes without a bogey.

Will he get the win today? Leave your comments below.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- John Daly is still five shots off the lead, but he’s doing what he can to get in contention at The Greenbrier Classic, where he’s 4 under through his first nine holes and 9 under for the tournament.

It’s been a while since Daly has won -- 2004 at the Buick Invitational -- and this is just his sixth start of the year on the PGA TOUR since his only status is as a past champion.

Right now, he’s making the most of it, having hit all but one fairway and one green in regulation so far.

He’s not the only one making an early move.

Kevin Na is 3 under through seven holes and tied with Daly.

Meanwhile, Webb Simpson maintains his one-shot lead for now. He’ll tee off at 1:50 p.m. ET.