Sporting Digest: Golf

GREATER HARTFORD OPEN (Cromwell, Connecticut) Leading third-round scores (US unless stated): 205 C Pavin 67 65 73. 206 D Pooley 70 70 66; N Price (Zim) 67 70 69. 207 K Perry 68 69 70; R Maltbie 65 71 71; S Lowery 66 69 72; M Springer 69 65 73; D Forsman 69 66 72; K Clearwater 66 68 73; J Huston 66 69 72.

MIZUNO OPEN (Tokyo) Leading final-round scores (Japan unless stated): 280 S Okuda 70 68 72 70. 281 T Sugihara 73 68 70 70; W Grady (Aus) 73 67 71 70; T Ozaki 69 69 68 75. 282 T Watanabe 72 68 73 69; N Sugai 73 68 71 70; T Ueno 67 69 69 77. 283 B Watts (US) 68 72 70 73.

WELSH WOMEN'S OPEN STROKEPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP (Newport) Leading final-round scores: 221 N Buxton (Woodsome Hall) 76 71 74; J Hall (Felixstowe Ferry) 75 71 75 (Hall won on sudden death play-off). 223 C Lambert (North Berwick) 73 74 76. 224 S Burnell (Bernham and Berrow) 76 74 74. 225 K Tebbet (East Devon) 78 74 73; V Thomas (Pennard) 76 73 76.