Sport in Short: Golf

EDUARDO ROMERO, of Argentina, was disqualified from the French Open tonight after discovering he had signed for a wrong score.

PEUGEOT FRENCH OPEN (Paris) Leading third-round scores (GB or Irl unless stated): 203 J Rystrom (Swe) 66 70 67; C Rocca (It) 66 66 71. 204 G Orr 65 67 72; J Van de Velde (Fr) 67 64 73. 205 S Luna (Sp) 70 68 67; M Roe 67 71 67; P McGinley 69 67 69; P O'Malley (Aus) 66 69 70. 206 E Dussart (Fr) 71 69 66; M James 69 69 68. 207 M Besanceney (Fr) 68 72 67; R Rafferty 69 69 69; D Feherty 67 70 70; P Affleck 66 70 71; H Clark 68 67 72. 208 A Forsbrand (Swe) 68 71 69; G Brand Jnr 66 72 70; T Levet (Fr) 71 66 71; E Els (SA) 69 68 71; S Torrance 68 68 72; P Way 66 67 75. 209 C Moody 71 70 68; A Hunter 69 72 68; G Evans 70 70 69; M Mackenzie 70 70 69; F Nobilo (NZ) 69 69 71; T Johnstone (Zim) 67 71 71; D Williams 64 73 72; R Drummond 71 66 72; J-M Olazabal (Sp) 71 66 72. 210 J Townsend (US) 71 71 68; R Goosen (SA) 68 71 71; R Lee 69 70 71; M Pinero (Sp) 71 67 72; S McAllister 68 70 72; M Harwood (Aus) 67 71 72; P Mitchell 66 71 73. Disqualified: E Romero (Arg).

BMW WOMEN'S EUROPEAN MASTERS (Bercuit, Bel) Leading third-round scores (GB or Irl unless stated): 209 M-L de Lorenzi (Fr) 70 69 70. 210 L Davies 69 68 73. 212 A Nicholas 70 70 72. 214 D Reid 71 73 70; H Dobson 71 71 72; P Wright 67 74 73; L Neumann (Swe) 71 68 75. 215 J Soulsby 73 71 71. 216 A Sorenstam (Swe) 75 71 70; K Parker (US) 72 72 72. 217 G Stewart 72 71 74. 218 Li Wen-Lin (Tai) 73 73 72; S Prosser 74 70 74.

GREATER HARTFORD OPEN (Cromwell, Connecticut) Leading second-round scores: (US unless stated): 132 C Pavin 67 65. 134 M Springer 69 65; K Clearwater 66 68. 135 D Forsman 66 69; S Lowery 67 68; J Huston 66 69. 136 F Allem (SA) 70 66; B Fleisher 71 65; R Maltbie 65 71; C Stadler 65 71. 137 K Triplett 68 69; K Perry 68 69; L T Broeck 69 68; N Price (Zim) 67 70.

LPGA CLASSIC (Somers Point, New Jersey): Leading first-round scores: 67 A-M Palli (Fr), S Hamlin, B Burton. 68 S Steinhauer. 69 J Pitcock, S Maynor, J Geddes, J Dickinson, D Ammaccapane, L DePaulo, K Marshall. 70 A Ritzman, M Mallon, K Guadagnino, D Eggeling, B Daniel, C Chellemi, T Barrett, M Ann Thompson, D Ammaccapane. 71 J Wyatt (Can). 73 P Sinn (S Kor). 74 N White (Can), J Stephenson (Aus), A Dibos (Peru). 75 S Strudwick (GB). 76 C Pierce (GB).