Sport in Short: Golf

BUICK CLASSIC (Harrison, NY) Leading second-round scores (US unless stated): 139 T Kite 68 71; J Maggert 71 68; D Waldorf 69 70. 140 V Singh (Fiji) 72 68. 141 F Couples 72 69; B Chamblee 67 74; L Roberts 72 69; L Janzen 69 72. 142 B Tway 68 74; D Frost (SA) 70 72. 143 C Beck 71 72; I Baker-Finch (Aus) 71 72; W Wood 72 71; D Hart 66 77; T Lehman 74 69; M Brooks 76 67; B Kamm 75 68. Selected: 147 C Montgomerie (GB) 76 71; S Elkington (Aus) 75 72. 150 Grady (Aus) 76 74. 151 R Allenby (Aus) 79 72; S Ballesteros (Sp) 72 79.

LPGA CHAMPIONSHIP (Bethseda, Md) Leading second-round scores (US unless stated): 135 C Rarick 68 67. 136 J Lidback (Peru) 69 67; C Johnston-Forbes 68 68; P Sheehan 68 68. 138 B King 72 66; M Will 70 68; J Stephenson (Aus) 69 69; T Kerdyk 69 69; B Bunkowsky 68 70. 139 S Hamlin 73 66; C Keggi 70 69. Selected GB: 140 P Wright 68 72. 141 L Davies 72 69; T Johnson 68 73. 143 C Pierce 72 71. 144 S Strudwick 73 71.

BRITISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP (Royal Lytham and St Annes) Semi-final: K Speak (Clitheroe) bt J Hall (Felixstowe Ferry) 2 and 1. Final: C Lambert (North Berwick) bt Speak 3 and 2.