Sporting Digest: Golf

LISELOTTE NEUMANN, of Sweden, made up five strokes on Britain's Alison Nicholas with a course-record 65 to retain the Hennessy Cup at Refrath in Cologne yesterday.

HENNESSY WOMEN'S CUP (Refrath, Cologne) Leading final scores (GB or Ire unless stated): 277 L Neumann (Swe) 69 71 72 65. 278 A Nicholas 69 71 67 71. 279 K Parker (US) 70 72 68 69. 281 A Sorestam (Swe) 71 73 69 68; H Alfredsson (Swe) 71 70 69 71. 283 P Wright 70 69 70 74. 285 S Waugh (Aus) 73 72 71 69; K Lunn (Aus) 67 71 72 75. 286 G Stewart 70 75 72 69; D Reid 74 68 70 74. 287 K Pearce (Aus) 72 72 75 68; C Dibnah (Aus) 72 73 73 69; T Hanson (US) 76 70 70 71. 288 A Arruti (Sp) 74 73 71 70; K Orum (Den) 72 76 70 70; L Davies 71 72 74 71. 289 E Knuth (Sp) 74 72 71 72. 290 S Gautrey (Aus) 73 76 71 70; S Moon (US) 72 76 71 71; C Nilsmark (Swe) 72 76 71 71; C Hall 70 73 74 73. 291 M-L de Lorenzi (Fr) 73 75 72 71; K Espinasse (Fr) 75 73 71 72; L Navarro (Sp) 74 73 70 74. 292 J Forbes 75 75 75 67; D Dowling 81 67 74 70; L Lambert (Aus) 71 71 75 75; L Fairclough 75 70 70 77; H Wadsworth 71 73 71 77. 293 T Johnson 71 76 73 73; P Grice-Whittaker 70 75 72 76. 294 P Rizzo (US) 73 75 76 70; E Orley (Swit) 72 76 75 71; * T Fischer (Ger) 72 76 74 72; A Shapcott 76 73 72 73. 295 V Michaud (Fr) 76 72 74 73; * M Koch (Ger) 71 74 72 78. 296 C Hjalmarson (Swe) 77 70 76 73; S Gronberg-Whitmore (Swe) 76 72 75 73; S Prosser 72 72 77 75. 297 D Barnard 76 76 74 71; J Morley 75 74 74 74; R Lautens (Swit) 76 75 72 74. 298 P Meunier (Fr) 76 77 75 70; H Dobson 75 75 75 73. 299 X Wunsch (Sp) 78 77 73 71; C Soules (Fr) 75 73 73 78. 300 F Dassu (It) 79 77 73 71; L Maritz- Atkins (SA) 76 77 72 75. 301 V Palli (Fr) 74 78 78 71; C Panton-Lewis 76 78 74 73. 302 K Marshall 80 74 77 71; K Davies 75 79 75 73; W Doolan (Aus) 77 76 75 74; L Hackney 77 76 72 77. * denotes amateur.

VOLVO EUROPEAN TOUR ORDER OF MERIT: 1 J-M Olazabal (Sp) pounds 303,190; 2 B Langer (Ger) pounds 268,740; 3 C Montgomerie (Sco) pounds 199,874; 4 E Els (SA) pounds 199,599; 5 R Allenby (Aus) pounds 194,869; 6 N Faldo (Eng) pounds 181,439; 7 M Roe (Eng) pounds 181,439, 8 S Ballesteros (Sp) pounds 154,548; 9 M-A Jimenez (Sp) pounds 148,637; 10 G Hjerstedt (Swe) pounds 128,735.

MOTOROLA WESTERN OPEN (Lemont, Illinois) Leading third-round scores (US unless stated): 205 G Kraft 67 70 68. 206 J Sluman 68 69 69; N Price (Zim) 67 67 72. 208 J Gallagher 72 68 68; F Couples 68 71 69; B Glasson 66 70 72. 209 B Gilder 66 71 72; M Calcavecchia 67 70 72; S Hoch 67 69 73. 210 A Magee 70 71 69; M Wurtz 70 70 70; B Kratzert 69 70 71; T Watson 69 68 73. 212 Y Mizumaki (Japan) 73 69 70. 213 D Barr (Can) 69 74 70; D Frost (SA) 71 68 74.

PGA PHILANTHROPY OPEN (Tokyo) Leading final scores (Japan unless stated): 278 T Hamilton (US) 74 69 68 67 (won after sudden- death play-off); E Mizoguchi 70 69 72 67. 279 Chen Tze-chung (Tai) 68 72 73 66; Y Kaneko 71 73 68 67; S Maruyama 72 67 71 69; T Sugihara 68 69 70 72. 280 Lin Chie-hsiang (Tai) 71 72 68 69; R Backwell (Aus) 68 68 72 72. 281 A Gilligan (Aus) 70 69 73 69; K Kuwahara 70 70 70 71. 282 F Minoza (Phil) 68 72 71 71; D Ishii (US) 70 69 71 72. 283 B Watts (US) 66 71 77 69. 285 R Mackay (Aus) 73 68 74 70. 286 P McWhinney (Aus) 73 70 73 70; R Gibson (Aus) 73 66 73 74. 287 W Smith (Aus) 75 69 70 73. 289 C McClellan (US) 70 74 73 72. 293 S Ginn (Aus) 74 70 72 77. 294 S Holmes (NZ) 73 70 78 73. 304 K Mattiace (US) 74 70 81 79.

YOUNGSTOWN WARREN LPGA CLASSIC (Warren, Ohio) Leading second round scores (US unless stated): 141 A Dibos (Peru) 73 68. 142 B Bunkowsky (Can) 74 68. 143 M Redman 74 69; L Kiggens 73 70. 144 L Rittenhouse 75 69; L Alderete (It) 73 71. 145 L Walters (Can) 75 70; K Tschetter 75 70; N Harvey (Can) 75 70; K Bauer 75 70; L West 74 71; M Figueras-Dotti (Sp) 74 71; D Coe-Jones (Can) 74 71; M Murphy 73 72; A Miller 73 72. 147 J Wyatt (Can) 73 74. 148 A-M Palli (Fr) 75 73. 149 S Little (SA) 75 74.