Sporting Digest: Golf

AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP (Nairn) Quarter- finals: L James (Broadstone) bt C Watson (East Renfrewshire) 5 and 4; K Brink (Swe) bt C Duke (Porters Park) at 19th; G Sherry (Kilmarnock Barassie) bt R Shiels (Moray) 2 and 1; A Turnbull (Peebles) bt M Erlandsson (Swe) at 19th. Semi-finals: James bt Turnbull 2 and 1; Sherry bt Brink 4 and 3.

KEMPER OPEN (Potomac, Maryland) Leading first-round scores (US unless stated): 65 M Brooks. 68 E Dougherty, B Wadkins, W Levi. 69 C Parry (Aus), B Kamm, S Hoch, M O'Meara, A Magee. 70 J Sluman, P Mickelson, P Stankowski, S Rintoul (Aus), C DiMarco, M Bradley, B Faxon, L Janzen, D A Weibring, M Lye, R Boldt. GB: 75 D Feherty (N Irl).

JCB SENDAI CLASSIC (Shibatamachi, Japan) Leading second-round scores (Japanese unless stated): 135 C Warren (Aus) 69 66; K Kusumoto 68 67. 136 M Kuramoto 71 65; T Sudo 68 68, F Minoza (Phil) 67 69. 137 T Nakajima 70 67. 138 T Higa 72 66; R Mackay (Aus) 70 68; K Yoshimura 68 70; Lin Chie- hsiang (Tai) 67 71.

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