Sport in Short: Golf

ENGLISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP (Royal Cinque Ports, Deal) First round: S Green (Littlestone) bt S Ursell (Dundee Univ) at 25th; D Young (Bristol & Clifton) bt T Trodd (Langley Park) 2 & 1; S East (Fulford) bt L Lockwood (Channels) 1 hole; T Moncur (Theydon Bois) bt M Aubrey-Fletcher (Sunningdale) 5 & 4; *C Edwards (Bath) bt S Goode (Ealing) 2 & 1; G Homewood (Ashford Manor) bt J Jones (Enfield) 1 hole; J Blake (Canterbury) bt L Warwick (Rochford Hundred) 6 & 4; P Robinson (Porters Park) bt P Newman (Sunningdale) 1 hole; M Farmer (N Hants) bt D Lomas (Woodcote Park) 3 & 2; P Easto (Dundee Univ) bt G Lashford (Malden) 1 hole; M Smee (Ganstead Park) bt M Briggs (Stoke Poges) 2 & 1; B Dick (Thorpe Hall) bt R Larwood (Drayton Park) at 21st; B Davis (E Herts) bt R Mugglestone (Sickleholme) 2 & 1; N Ludwell (Selby) bt S Austin (Royal Lytham) 7 & 6; S Graham (Ham Manor) bt J Doherty (Worthing) at 19th; K Weeks (Brokenhurst Manor) bt I Pyman (Sand Moor) 5 & 3; R Milne (Holme Hall) bt G Shoesmith (West Hill) 1 hole; D Whittaker (Bath) bt D Watson (Helsby) 1 hole; L Yearn (Ely City) bt A Inglis (Sunningdale Artisans) 3 & 2; C Fort (Nelson) bt I Mackenzie (Hallamshire) at 19th; J Lines (Cleveland) bt N Bush (St Mellion) at 19th; P Streeter (Sleaford) bt G Clark (Rochford Hundred) 2 & 1; J Ambridge (West Herts) bt G Harris (Broome Manor) at 20th; C Radford (Chevin) bt J Healey (Hull) 2 & 1; S Cox (Woodhall Spa) w/o J Davies (Heswall) scr; M Bedford (Roundhay) bt R Lowles (Seaford Head) 1 hole; D Ross (Stoke Rochford) bt R Groves (Lamberhurst) 3 & 2; N Scanlon (Arrowe Park) bt P Oliver (Dartford) 4 & 3; S Burnell (Brickendon Grange) bt J Hall (Hillingdon) 3 & 2; S Shaw (Wheatley) bt R Peace (Whittington Barracks) 2 & 1; *I Garbutt (Wheatley) bt J Barnes (Brokenhurst Manor) 2 & 1; M Pearson (Abbeydale) w/o D Lynn (Trentham) scr; *G Wolstenholme (Bristol & Clifton) bt M Dove (Broadway) at 20th; R Scott (Wanstead) bt W Jacklin (Lanark) at 20th; K Miller (Fulford) bt M Hall (Brookmans Park) 1 hole; N French (Bearstead) bt G Christian (Addington Palace) 2 & 1; N Connolly (Copt Heath) bt D Bicknell (Sundridge Park) 2 & 1; J Ellwood (Seaton Carew) bt A Peyton (Lilley Brook) 3 & 2; A Marshall (Dereham) bt J Herbert (Hinckley) 4 & 3; R McGuirk (Princes) bt P Lovesy (Coulsdon Court) 1 hole; P M Langford (Prenton) bt C I Longthorne (Otley) 2 & 1; I West (Enfield) w/o C Tingey (Mid Herts);P Wharton (John O'Gaunt) bt D J Probert (Oswestry) 3 & 2; P Sullivan (Wanstead) bt R Seamer (Royal Cinque Ports) 5 & 4; R Walton (Calcot Park) bt S M Hughes (Bramhall) 3 & 2; J S Clarke (Berkhamsted) bt J V Quilter (Stoke Poges) 3 & 2; J Knight (Sandford Springs) bt A R Johnson (Wyke Green) 3 & 2; J Wright (Porters Park) bt C Liley (Hawkhurst) 1 hole; R P Fletcher (Matlock) bt C J Ciesielski (Hill Valley) 5 & 3; T J Greenwood (Muswell Hill) bt P T Wilson (Walmer & Kingsdown) 1 hole; M J Blackey (Hayling) bt M R Haddock (Wheatley) 1 hole); J O'Shea (Ealing) bt J Bromley (Patshull Park) 1 hole; M A Pullan (Sand Moor) bt P Gordon (Olton) 6 & 4; P M Farmer (Wanstead) bt L Westwood (Worksop) at 21st; A Clark (Old Fold Manor) bt R Clifford (Fulwell) 2 holes; J Maddock (Gorleston) bt J D Loosemore (Bingley St Ives) 2 & 1; J King (Knowle) bt A M Smith (Bishop's Stortford) 1 hole; J Wilshire (Hindhead) bt S Shaw (Bromborough) 6 & 5; D Ashton (Shifnal) w/o R A Darlington (Royal Ashdown); C Goddard (Romford) bt A D Wall (Sunningdale) at 20th; *R Hutt (Southport & Ainsdale) bt P J Randle (Enville) 4 & 3; S Amor (Marlborough) bt S Folbigg (Bedford & County) 6 & 5; M McEwan (Mendip) bt M J Rogers (Hazel Grove) 4 & 3; J P Brant (East Berkshire) bt S C Russell (Woodcote Park) 2 & 1; *C D Watts (Hawkstone Pk) bt P J Hedges (Langley Pk) 1 hole; F Houlgate (Sand Moor) w/o N Gibson (Selby) scr; A W Robinson (Blackwell) bt J A Putt (Frilford Heath) 6 & 5; J Crampton (Spalding) bt A F Thorpe (Sand Moor) 4 & 3; R Binney (Newquay) bt A Brewer (Denham) 2 & 1; N R Mitchell (Penrith) bt S Maynard (E Berkshire) 2 & 1; M R Searle (Lyme Regis) bt S J Williams (Oadby) 19th; J J Moore (The Addington) bt PJ Bird (Penwortham) 1 hole; S Griffiths (Wentworth) bt G E Morton (Rossendale) 3 & 2; D Fisher (Stoke Poges) bt M Goodwin (Mid Kent) 2 & 1; W Bennett (Ruislip) bt G Harland (Sand Moor) 3 & 2; D J Royle (Didsbury) bt D Ottaway (Nevill) 3 & 2; V L Phillips (Stoke Poges) bt R J Simmons (Tehidy Pk) 2 & 1; S A Pullan (Sand Moor) bt G S Pooley (Aldenham) 3 & 1; P Sefton (Camberley Heath) bt P W Little (Moor Pk) 2 & 1; L James (Broadstone) bt D Haines (Burnham & Berrow) 3 and 2.

US WOMEN'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (Oakmont, Penn) Leading final scores (US unless stated): 280 P Sheehan 69 72 70 69; J Inkster 72 68 71 69 (Sheehan won 18 hole play-off by two strokes; 72 Sheehan, 74 Inkster). 284 D Andrews 69 73 72 70. 287 M Mallon 73 72 72 70. 288 D Coe 71 71 72 74. 289 M McGann 72 73 70 74; G Graham 72 71 71 75. 291 J Geddes 73 70 78 70; T Green 73 75 70 73. 292 P Wright (GB).