Sport in Short: Golf

NIKKEI CUP TOURNAMENT (Tokyo) Leading third-round scores: (Japanese unless stated): 205 P McWhinney (Aus) 69 69 67. 208 Y Yamamoto 72 69 67; H Sasaki 68 71 69. 209 S Gimson (Sing) 72 73 64; T Odate 66 71 72. 210 K Murota 70 72 68. 212 E Mizoguchi 72 72 68; K Takahashi 74 68 70; A Omachi 70 72 70; Y Sakamoto 69 72 71. Selected: 214 Lin Chie- hsiang (Tai) 71 70 73. 218 G Marsh (Aus) 70 75 73. 219 G Meyer (US) 73 72 74.

US WOMEN'S OPEN (Carmel, Indiana) Leading second-round scores (US unless stated): 136 M McGann 70 66. 138 H Kobayashi (Japan) 71 67; H Alfredsson (Swe) 68 70. 140 S Steinhauer 73 67; J Carner 71 69; J Geddes 70 70; A Okamoto (Japan) 68 72. 141 A Miller 73 68; D Andrews 71 70; K Robbins 71 70; D Ammaccapane 71 70; N Lopez 70 71; D Coe-Jones (Can) 69-72. 142 S Hamlin 74 68; J Anschutz 73 69; P Bradley 72 70; L Merten 71 71; N Foust 71 71; A Read 70 72. 143 B Daniel 74 69; D Mochrie 72 71; A Benz 72 71; J Inkster 71 72. Selected: 144 L Davies (GB) 73 71. 146 P Wright (GB) 73 73; F Descampe (Bel) 71 75. 147 L Neumann (Swe) 77 70; A Munt (Aus) 76 71. Missed cut: 148 S Strudwick (GB) 74 74; T Johnson (GB) 73 75. 152 J Stephenson (Aus) 73 79.