Sport in Short: Golf

NEC WORLD SERIES (Akron, Ohio) Third-round leaders (US unless stated): 203 C Stadler 69 65 69. 206 D Peoples 68 70 68. 207 M Calcavecchia 73 71 63; F Couples 67 70 70. 208 N Price (Zim) 72 68 68. 209 C Pavin 69 71 69. 210 J Cook 70 74 66; A Magee 69 70 71. 211 B Crenshaw 75 71 65. 212 D A Weibring 68 71 73; C Beck 65 70 77. 213 C O'Connor Jr (Irl) 70 74 69; S Elkington (Aus) 70 77 66; B McCallister 75 68 70; D Edwards 71 70 72; J Haas 72 74 67; T Kite 73 73 67; T Watson 70 70 73; L Janzen 70 67 76.

IBM WOMEN'S OPEN (Stockholm) Leading final scores (GB or Irl unless stated) 278 H Alfredsson (Swe) 68 70 71 69. 280 L Neumann (Swe) 73 70 69 68. 283 L Davies 68 72 72 71; A Sorenstam (Swe) 69 70 72 72. 284 J Arnold (NZ) 72 72 70 70. 285 T Johnson 73 72 69 71. 288 C Hjalmarsson (Swe) 71 72 71 74. 289 C Panton-Lewis 75 72 69 73; M-L de Lorenzi (Fr) 72 70 73 74; C Nilsmark (Swe) 72 72 72 73; H Wadsworth 71 70 69 79. 290 D Barnard 72 73 72 73; G Stewart 75 72 70 73. 291 C Soules (Fr) 71 72 74 74. 292 F Dassu (It) 73 72 75 72. 293 C Dibnah (Aus) 71 73 76 73; S Waugh (Aus) 73 71 75 74. 295 D Dowling 74 72 74 75; J Hill (Zim) 74 70 72 79; M Lunn (Aus) 73 71 72 79.

LPGA CHALLENGE (Naperville, Ill) Leaders after second round (US unless stated): 143 B Daniel 71 72; D Mochrie 71 72. 144 V Skinner 74 70; B Bunkowsky (Can) 74 70; C Keggi 73 71; J Dickinson 73 71; K Albers 72 72. 145 J Larsen 76 69; S Steinhauer 72 73. 146 A Ridgeway 72 74; D Wilkins 71 75. 147 N Scranton 78 69; S Little 77 70; K Guadagnino 77 70; D Coe (Can) 77 70; N Harvey (Can) 76 71; M Mcnamara 7275. 148 C Pierce (GB) 76 72; M Figueras Dotti (Sp) 76 72. 149 F Descampe (Bel) 75 74. 151 K Davies (GB) 74 77. 152 J Crafter (Aus) 79 73; J Stephenson (Aus) 75 77.

KBC AUGUSTA TOURNAMENT (Shima, Japan) Leading final scores (Japanese unless stated): 276 Chen Tze-ming (Tai) 72 69 68 67; N Kawakami 67 71 71 67; B Hughes (Aus) 70 69 66 71 (Chen won at first extra hole). 278 T Nishikawa 68 67 75 68; W Smith (Aus) 67 71 72 68. 280 F Minoza (Phil) 64 71 71 74. 282 B Franklin (Can) 66 73 71 72; T Sugihara 69 75 70 68; A Yokoyama 73 68 71 70; S Okuda 71 70 70 71. GB: 285 R Boxall 70 69 72 74.