Golf: Little makes big impression

SAMMY LITTLE, the Moor Park teenager, ensured that one member of the family maintained interest in the English amateur championship at Moortown yesterday when he defeated Michael Couzens with a par four at the final hole.

Earlier, Little's brother and father suffered first-round defeats. Jamie, his 16-year-old brother who is a member of the England side who won the European boys' title, lost on the last green to Sheffield's Roy Mugglestone. His father Peter, a former professional, went down four and two to last year's Lancashire champion, Greg Helsby.