Sport in Short: Golf
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP (Royal Portrush): Quarter-finals: I D Pyman (Sand Moor) bt M Lundberg (Swe) 3 and 2; N H Anderson (Shandon Park) bt V L Phillips (Stoke Poges) 1 hole; P J Page (Dartford) bt P Harrington (Stackstown) 3 and 2; R Russell (Longniddry) bt D Fisher (Stoke Poges) 3 and 2. Semi-finals: Pyman bt Anderson at 22nd; Page bt Russell 5 and 4.
COLONIAL TOURNAMENT (Fort Worth, Texas) Leading second-round scores: 129 F Allem (SA) 66 63. 130 D Mast 64 66. 132 K Clearwater 71 61. 133 T Watson 69 64; J Maggert 65 68; R Cochran 66 67; M Calcavecchia 69 64; G Norman (Aus) 69 64. 134 D Frost (SA) 68 66; H Irwin 68 66; D Waldorf 65 69; D A Weibring 66 68. 135 L Janzen 70 65; C Pavin 70 65.
LPGA CLASSIC (Corning, New York) Leading second-round scores (US unless stated): 138 K Robbins 70 68. 139 H Kobayashi (Jap) 71 68. 141 A Nicholas (GB) 71 70. 142 M Will 75 67; T Barrett 75 67; P Sheehan 72 70; T Green 72 70. 143 R Jones 75 68; J Lidback 74 69; T Johnson (GB) 74 69; B Thomas 73 70; J Geddes 73 70; J Crafter (Aus) 73 70; JA Carner 72 71; C Johnston-Forbes 70 73. GB: 148 C Pierce 77 71.
LEIDEN WOMEN'S OPEN (Rijswijk, Neth) Leading early first-round scores (GB & Irl unless stated): 67 C Dibnah (Aus), S Waugh (Aus). 69 L Hackney, L Maritz (SA), M Lunn (Aus). 70 F Dassu (It), D Barnard, V Palli (Fr), E Aron (Fr), S Moon (US), E-J Smith. 71 S Keogh, D Reid, K Espinasse (Fr), J Furby, J Germs (SA), L Fairclough, S Gronberg- Whitmore (Swe). 72 S Wineinger (US), C Nilsmark (Swe), A Sorenstam (Swe), J Shearwood (Aus), J Soulsby, L Davies, C Soules (Fr), C Hjalmarsson (Swe).
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