Sporting Digest: Golf

BUICK CLASSIC (Harrison, NY) Leading final scores (US unless stated): 280 V Singh (Fiji) 72 68 74 66 (Singh won at third hole of sudden- death play-off); M Wiebe 72 75 67 66. 281 D Frost (SA) 70 72 73 66; L Janzen 69 72 68 72. 282 M Smith 72 73 69 68; T Lehman 74 69 70 69. Selected: 292 C Montgomerie (GB) 76 71 72 73.

LPGA CHAMPIONSHIP (Bethesda, Md) Leading final scores (US unless stated): 275 P Sheehan 68 68 70 69. 277 B Bunkowsky 68 70 69 70. 279 B King 72 66 72 69; T Green 71 69 69 70. 280 N Scranton 74 68 72 66; T Johnson (GB) 68 73 69 70; C Johnston-Forbes 68 68 70 74. Selected: 282 P Wright (GB) 68 72 72 70. 287 S Strudwick (GB) 73 71 73 70; L Davies (GB) 72 69 71 75. 290 C Pierce (GB) 72 71 71 76.

SONY WORLD RANKINGS: 1 N Faldo (Eng) 22.11; 2 B Langer (Ger) 16.83; 3 G Norman (Aus) 14.65; 4 F Couples (US) 14.65; 5 N Price (Zim) 13.75.