Sporting Digest: Golf

MERCEDES CHAMPIONSHIP (Carlsbad, Calif) Leading third-round scores (US unless stated): 208 F Couples 69 70 69; P Mickelson 70 68 70. 209 D Edwards 75 68 66. 210 T Kite 73 68 69; B Crenshaw 71 70 69. 211 J Maggert 72 74 65; J Haas 71 71 69. 212 H Twitty 72 73 67; G Norman (Aus) 70 73 69; S Simpson 70 72 70; B Ogle (Aus) 69 72 71; B Mayfair 72 68 72; D Love 71 69 72.

NEW ZEALAND OPEN (Auckland) Leading final-round scores: 277 C Jones (Aus) 69 71 65 72. 278 F Nobilo (NZ) 68 68 72 70. 280 S Conran (Aus) 70 69 70 71; T Maloney (Aus) 68 70 70 72; Z Zorkic (US) 67 66 73 74.

BELL'S CUP (George, SA) Leading final-round scores (SA unless stated): 271 T Johnstone (Zim) 65 68 68 70. 274 E Els 66 65 72 71; D Frost 68 67 72 67. 275 B Fouchee 68 66 68 73. 276 R Davis (Aus) 69 69 70 68; R Stewart 69 71 70 66. 277 I Leggatt (Can) 63 70 74 70. 278 S Torrance (GB) 69 71 71 67. Other GB: 284 M Archer 71 71 73 69. 288 C Baron 70 71 73 74. 290 R Burns 71 71 72 76.