Sporting Digest: Golf

HOUSTON OPEN (The Woodlands, Texas) Leading third-round scores (US unless stated): 204 J Maggert 70 66 68; T Kite 68 65 71; M Heinen 67 68 69. 206 H Sutton 68 70 68. 207 J Woodland (Aus) 69 72 66; R Fehr 71 68 68; D Martin 71 66 70. 208 W Levi 72 67 69; V Singh (Fiji) 72 67 69; R Gamez 69 68 71. 209 M McCumber 70 69 70; F Funk 71 67 71; D Barr (Can) 66 72 71; C Strange 71 72 66. 210 J Morse 71 70 69; P Jacobsen 68 73 69; S Brodie 70 70 70; P Jordan 68 71 71; D Hammond 70 69 71; D Tewell 71 68 71; R Wrenn 70 66 74; B Lohr 70 66 74.

LYTHAM TROPHY (Royal Lytham and St Annes) Leading final-round scores: 285 W Bennett (Ruislip) 70 67 77 71. 286 S Drummond (Shrewsbury) 72 70 69 75. 288 A Emery (Saffron Walden) 70 73 72 73. 289 D Downie (Ladybank) 73 72 72 72. 290 J Curtis (Didsbury) 70 75 74 71. 291 P Bailey (Caldy) 72 73 75 71; C Watson (East Renfrewshire) 74 69 73 75. 292 J Morris (Douglas) 73 74 74 71.

BERKSHIRE TROPHY Leading fourth-round scores: 274 J Knight (Sandford Springs) 68 72 66 68; A Marshall (Dereham) 67 69 74 64. 276 B Sandry (Exeter) 70 71 66 69. 277 L James (Broadstone) 70 68 67 72. 279 G Harris (Broome Manor) 70 71 71 67. 280 S Burnell (Brickendon Grange) 69 71 74 66. 282 J Healey (Hull) 72 66 68 76; C Rodgers (Royal Mid Surrey) 71 73 66 72. 283 A Hall (South Pembrokeshire) 69 70 74 70. 284 D Fisher (Stoke Poges) 69 71 68 76; B Davis (East Herts) 74 71 68 71. 285 A Wall (Sunningdale) 72 70 75 68. 286 A Smith (Royal Ashdown Forest) 69 69 75 73; J Feeney (Chapel-en-le-Frith) 71 75 69 71. 287 C Challen (Stoke Poges) 74 72 70 71; C Benians (West Cornwall) 72 69 73 73. 288 D Hamilton (East Herts) 71 72 73 72; R Neill (Ealing) 72 73 74 69; M Galway (West Sussex) 77 69 71 71.

CHUNICHI CROWNS OPEN (Nagoya) Leading final-round scores (Japan unless stated): 269 R Mackay (Aus) 64 67 67 71. 271 N Ozaki 65 70 66 70. 272 T Sugihara 69 70 68 65. 275 R Gibson (Can) 69 72 69 65; T Maruyama 67 69 73 66; D Serizawa 73 66 69 67; L Janzen (US) 70 71 66 68. 277 H Makino 71 71 68 67; K Arai 71 65 73 68; S Simpson (US) 68 69 71 69; S Okuda 68 68 70 71.