Sporting Digest: Golf

CZECH OPEN (Marienbad) Leading final scores (GB or Irl unless stated, first three rounds over 15 holes, fourth round over 18 holes): 237 P-U Johansson (Swe) 61 56 54 66. 240 K Eriksson (Swe) 59 58 56 67. 241 R Claydon 56 61 57 67; F Nobilo (NZ) 54 59 57 71. 242 S Struver (Ger) 58 58 54 72; J Haeggman (Swe) 59 55 60 68; D Clarke 59 56 57 70; S Torrance 54 61 57 70; J Rivero (Sp) 59 57 56 70. 244 S Ballesteros (Sp) 62 56 56 70; C O'Connor Jnr 63 56 58 67; E O'Connell 58 59 59 68; P Eales 60 57 55 72; R Allenby (Aus) 58 54 62 70; B Lane 59 55 60 70; A Binaghi (It) 60 55 60 69; J Spence 57 58 60 69.

EUROPEAN ORDER OF MERIT (GB or Irl unless stated): 1 C Montgomerie pounds 602,919; 2 S Ballesteros (Sp) pounds 462,926; 3 J M Olazabal (Sp) pounds 453,857; 4 B Langer (Ger) pounds 427,483; 5 M A Jimenez (Sp) pounds 370,103; 6 E Els (SA) pounds 311,849; 7 D Gilford pounds 294,779; 8 N Faldo pounds 293,736; 9 M Roe pounds 289,139; 10 V Singh (Fiji) pounds 273,138.

RYDER CUP POINTS TABLE: 1 S Ballesteros (Sp) 244,026.50pts; 2 J M Olazabal (Sp) 138,327.50; 3 I Woosnam (Wal) 129,972.50; 4 D Gilford (Eng) 121,185.00; 5 P-U Johansson (Swe) 114,773.33; 6 C Montgomerie (Sco) 96,595.00; 7 P Fulke (Swe) 88,031.33; 8 B Lane (Eng) 85,056.66; 9 S Torrance (Sco) 84,784.29; 10 M A Jimenez (Sp) 77,733.33; 11 C Rocca (It) 72,398.59; 12 N Faldo (Eng) 71,637.08; 13 B Langer (Ger) 67,362.50; 14 K Eriksson (Swe) 65,240.00; 15 R Claydon (Eng) 64,188.46.

LAS VEGAS INVITATIONAL Leading fourth- round scores (90 holes; US unless stated): 266 J Furyk 67 64 69 66. 267 B Lietzke 66 67 68 66; K Triplett 69 65 65 68. 268 B Andrade 66 68 67 67; G Boros 70 63 67 68. 269 D Forsman 67 64 68 70; S Elkington (Aus) 70 67 66 66; S Murphy 64 69 67 69; S Hoch 66 63 70 70; R Gamez 66 70 64 69. 270 B Glasson 67 68 70 65; J Gallagher 69 70 67 64; J Don Blake 66 69 66 69. 271 D Pruitt 70 66 67 68; N Lancaster 66 69 67 69; P Stankowski 70 66 66 69; M Heinen 66 66 68 71.

BRIDGESTONE OPEN (Sodegaura, Chiba) Leading final scores (Japan unless stated): 274 B Watts (US) 68 67 67 72. 277 M Calcavecchia (US) 72 70 69 66.

278 R Mackay (Aus) 67 71 72 68. 279 N Price (Zim) 68 71 70 70; N Ozaki 71 70 70 68; H Sasaki 70 71 68 70. 280 S Kuwabara 70 68 73 69; T Odate 68 70 72 70; M Ozaki 68 71 68 73.