Sporting Digest: Golf

LPGA BIG APPLE CLASSIC (New Rochelle) Leading final scores: 276 B Daniel 70 69 66 71; L Davies (GB) 71 69 60 66 (Daniel won play- off). 278 N Ramsbottom 67 74 72 65; N Bowen 68 70 72 68. 279 Pat Bradley 70 67 72 70. 280 M Berteotti 70 71 67 72. 281 C Johnson 73 68 73 67. 282 A Dibos (Peru) 77 68 69 68; M Redman 69 71 71 71. 283 H Alfredsson (Swe) 73 72 69 69. 285 A Sorenstam (Swe) 74 69 70 72; S Little (SA) 67 73 69 76. 287 T Johnson (GB) 68 69 74 76.

VOLVO EUROPEAN TOUR Order of Merit: 1 J M Olazabal (Sp) pounds 309,290; 2 B Langer (Ger) pounds 273,090; 3 C Montgomerie (Sco) pounds 259,874; 4 N Faldo (Eng) pounds 222,099; 5 E Els (SA) pounds 207,572; 6 R Allenby (Aus) pounds 199,219; 7 M Roe (Eng) pounds 194,974; 8 C Mason (Eng) pounds 179,469; 9 S Ballesteros (Sp) pounds 160,648; 10 M A Jimenez (Sp) pounds 157,337.

GB AND IRELAND YOUTH TEAM (v Europe, the Netherlands, 5-6 Aug): R Bland (Bramshott Hill), R Coughlan (Birr), D Downie (Ladybank), B Dredge (Bryn Meadows), S Drummond (Shrewsbury), S Gallacher (Bathgate), L James (Broadstone), K Nolan (Bray), G Sherry (Kilmarnock Barassie). Reserves: C Hislop (Powfoot), D Lynn (Trentham), M Ellis (Wrexham). Non-playing captain: G MacGregor.