Sporting Digest: Golf

INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT (Castle Rock, Colorado) Final scores (played under modified stableford format, US unless stated): 45pts P Mickelson 11 7 11 16. 37 M Calcavecchia 0 4 14 19. 33 P Blackmar 6 15 5 7. 31 G Norman (Aus) 11 6 5 9; S Simpson 2 13 8 8. 28 S Pate 14 1 5 8; B Faxon 13 7 2 6. 26 S Kendall 12 9 1 4. 25 R Mediate 8 1 5 11. 23 C Parry (Aus) 4 3 12 4. 22 H Irwin 4 4 7 7; B Claar 7 9 1 5. 21 L Rinker 10 5 1 5; M O'Meara 13 9 1 -2. 19 T Nakajima (Jap) 2 12 4 1; S Elkington (Aus) 5 2 10 2; V Singh (Fiji) 2 4 15 - 2. 18 M Hulbert 5 1 8 4. 16 B Ogle (Aus) 2 3 8 3; P Persons 1 4 10 1; T Purtzer 2 12 5 -3. 14 N Lancaster -2 10 5 1. 13 P Moss -1 10 9 -5. 9 M Dawson 4 9 0 -4.

MARUMAN OPEN (Hatoyama, Japan) Leading final scores (Japan unless stated): 272 F Minoza (Phil) 66 71 66 69 (won on second play-off hole); Chen Tze-chung (Tai) 67 70 67 68. 275 P McWhinney (Aus) 74 69 68 64. 276 M Kawamura 66 70 69 71. 278 T Hamilton (US) 69 69 73 67; T Higa 71 71 66 70. 279 E Herrera (Col) 66 70 75 68; K Murota 68 65 76 70; G Marsh (Aus) 66 72 71. 280 Lin Chie-hsiang (Tai) 70 70 68 72. 281 D Ishii (US) 68 72 73 68. 285 B Franklin (Can) 72 72 68 73. 286 R Gibson (Can) 71 73 72 70; B Jones (Aus) 69 69 71 77. 288 P Hoad (GB) 71 72 70 75; S Gimson (Sing) 72 71 69 76.

VOLVO EUROPEAN TOUR ORDER OF MERIT Leading standings (GB unless stated): 1 N Faldo pounds 379,820.00; 2 C Rocca (It) pounds 327,025.98; 3 C Montgomerie pounds 301,124.37; 4 S Torrance pounds 296,721.52; 5 P Baker pounds 289,539.17; 6 I Woosnam pounds 289,005.41; 7 M James pounds 271,962.67; 8 B Langer (Ger) pounds 257,164.64; 9 J Haeggman (Swe) pounds 243,590.84; 10 P Broadhurst pounds 221,220.17; 11 R Rafferty pounds 220,334.32; 12 F Nobilo (NZ) pounds 217,150.76; 13 J-M Olazabal (Sp) pounds 215,988.14; 14 J Parnevik (Swe) pounds 204,462.56; 15 G Brand Jnr pounds 198,803.27; 16 D Gilford pounds 194,624.64; 17 G Turner (NZ) pounds 184,791.56; 18 A Forsbrand (Swe) pounds 184,023.05; 19 W Westner (SA) pounds 169,731.32; 20 S Richardson pounds 160,547.74.