Sporting Digest: Golf

Claire Dowling, four times a Curtis Cup player, has been named captain of the Great Britain and Ireland team for the Espirito Trophy, the Women's World Amateur Team Championship, in Santiago from 12-15 November next year.

Tom Lehman fired a seven-under par 29 over Sunday's nine holes to win $170,000 (pounds 107,000) and the Skins Game title over fellow Americans Mark O'Meara, David Duval and Tiger Woods at La Quinta, California.