Sport in Short: Golf

SANDY LYLE and Nick Faldo, playing their first US tournaments of the season, are both in a challenging position after the second round of the Doral-Ryder Open in Miami. Lyle followed up his opening 69 with a 67 for a six-under-par 36-hole total of 136, three shots behind the joint leaders, Paul Azinger of the United States and Australia's Greg Norman. Faldo, the Open champion, was one shot behind Lyle after a superb second round 65, which included seven birdies.

DORAL-RYDER OPEN (Miami) Leading second- round scores (US unless stated): 133 P Azinger 67 66; G Norman (Aus) 65 68. 134 D Frost (SA) 70 64. 135 P Jacobsen 68 67; F Couples 68 67. 136 K Clearwater 71 65; M McCumber 69 67; S Lyle (GB) 69 67; R Mediate 70 66. 137 T Purtzer 68 69; N Faldo (GB) 72 65; B Lietzke 71 66; R Wrenn 68 69; J Nicklaus 69 68. 138 E Humenik 67 71; D Rummells 66 72; S Hoch 71 67; J McGovern 70 68; E Pearce 69 69. 139 J Adams 72 67; N Lancaster 69 70; K Green 69 70; B Glasson 70 69; T Kite 66 73; J Daly 70 69; W Grady (Aus) 71 68; D Jackson 70 69; T Watson 68 71; T Crockett 73 66. 140 R Freeman 68 72; K Perry 71 69; M Standly 70 70; S Elkington (Aus) 68 72; A Magee 71 69; L Wadkins 70 70; D Pruitt 73 67; B Henninger 69 71. 141 B Mayfair 74 67; B Claar 70 71; N Price (Zim) 70 71; B R Brown 69 72; T Tryba 71 70; M Dawson 73 68; B Andrade 73 68; J D Blake 69 72; P Stewart 74 67; G Morgan 71 70; G Nicklaus 72 69.

EPSON SINGAPORE OPEN (Tanah Marah): Leading third-round scores (all Aus): 207 P Moloney 70 69 68. 208 R Green 72 68 68. 210 R Allenby 71 70 69. 211 M Clayton 7l 71 69; M Barry 71 70 70; D Fardon 72 68 71. 213 A Gilligan 72 72 69; Z Zorkic 74 68 71; J Grygiel (US) 69 72 72.

TOKEN CORPORATION CUP (Tokyo) Leading third-round scores (Japanese unless stated): 206 T Watanabe 71 67 68. 207 H Meshiai 68 70 69. 208 H Makino 69 70 69. 209 H Fujita 70 73 66; N Kawakami 67 75 67; H Miyase 75 62 72. 210 T M Chen (Tai) 71 70 69; T Hamilton (US) 71 70 69.

GTE WEST SENIORS CLASSIC (Ojai, California): Leading first-round scores (US unless stated): 63 G Player (SA), G Archer. 64 W Zembriski, J Kiefer. 65 D Weaver. 66 A Palmer. 67 L Gilbert, A Geiberger, H Henning (SA), B Crampton (Aus), K Zarley, B Wynn, B Betley. 68 T Aaron, C Rodriguez, D Bies, B Devlin (Aus), I Aoki (Japan), R Thompson, R McBee, B Smith. 69 F Ruiz, L Ziegler, J Colbert, L Elder, D Stockton, D Hill, D Hendrickson, D Dalziel. 70 B Maxwell, J Powell, O Moody, J P Cain, T Weiskopf, J Ferree.

INDIAN OPEN (Delhi) Leading third-round scores: 216 B Watts (US) 72 67 77. 217 E Meeks (US) 75 69 73; A Sher (Ind) 71 69 77. 218 F Ali (Ind) 73 74 71; P Haugsrud (Nor) 72 69 77; M Wurtz (US) 70 73 75. 219 B Ruengkit (Thai) 68 72 79; Lu-Chien Soon (Ch) 73 73 73. 220 C Espinosa (Mex) 70 75 75; A Meeks (US) 73 76 71.

TURESPANA MEDITERRANEAN OPEN (El Saler, Valencia): Leading third round scores (GB or Irl unless stated): 207 F Nobilo (NZ) 71 69 67. 209 S Torrance 71 70 68; M Roe 69 70 70. 210 R Chapman 72 71 67; G Ralph 74 68 68; T Levet (Fr) 71 70 69. 211 F Lindgren (Swe) 71 73 67; M Lanner (Swe) 73 69 69; C Montgomerie 69 72 70; S Luna (Sp) 67 72 72; D Feherty 70 69 72; J Parnevik (Swe) 71 67 73. 212 G E O'Connell 75 68 70; C Rocca (It) 70 72 71; G Evans 73 68 72; J Rystrom (Swe) 69 76 68; R Alvarez (Arg) 71 68 74; J Payne 68 67 78. 214 J Haeggman (Swe) 69 75 70; P Broadhurst 72 69 73; M Davis 68 72 74. 215 D W Basson (SA) 72 71 72; P Lawrie 77 67 71; A Hunter 72 69 74; J M Olazabal (Sp) 71 69 75; M Harwood (Aus) 69 70 76; B Langer (Ger) 72 74 69. 216 V Singh (Fiji) 69 74 73; M Sunesson (Swe) 74 70 72; R Claydon 72 70 74; E Romero (Arg) 68 73 75; J Hobday (SA) 74 68 74; J M Canizares (Sp) 71 70 75; G Turner (NZ) 72 68 76; C Moody 73 72 71; D J Russell 73 73 70; 217 H-P Thuel (Ger) 69 73 75; G J Brand 72 73 72; S Field 71 74 72; J McHenry 72 69 76. 218 K Waters 72 71 75; P Price 73 71 74; R Winchester 72 73 73; D Hospital (Sp) 72 72 74; P Hall 71 74 73; D Mijovic (Can) 73 72 73; I Palmer (SA) 72 73 73; P Walton 72 74 72; J Rivero (Sp) 73 73 72.