Sport in Short: Golf

HEINEKEN DUTCH OPEN (Noordwijk) First- round scores (GB and Irl unless stated): 68 R Winchester, M Mouland, B Langer (Ger), G Norman (Aus). 69 M McLean, H Clark, P Stewart (US). 70 G Evans, R Lee, V Fernandez (Arg). 71 J Sewell, P Mitchell, D Feherty, P-U Johansson (Swe), V Singh (Fiji), D Silva (Por), J Rivero (Sp), G Day (US), W Westner (SA), G Turner (NZ), R Hartmann (US), D Smyth, H Baiocchi (SA), K Waters, J Hobday, R Boxall, E Darcy, B Lane, C Montgomerie, J van de Velde (Fr). 72 R Bos (Neth), G Nicklaus (US), D Mijovic (Can), J-M Olazabal (Sp), P O'Malley (Aus), G Brand Jnr, D Gilford, M Roe, C Smits van Waesberghe (Neth), D W Basson (SA), R Drummond, F Nobilo (NZ), J Rystrom (Swe), R Claydon, M Jiminez (Sp), S Bowman (US). 73 M Hallberg (Swe), J Robson, M Hallberg (Swe), M Vogel (Neth), J Payne, R Davis (Aus), J Quiros (Sp), A Sorensen (Den), G Levenson (SA), D Jones, A Hunter, C Moody, D Cooper, G Ralph, S McAllister, J Woof, G Turner, R McFarlane, T Charnley. 74 D Curry, P Lonard (Aus), S Field, J Hawksworth, S Grappasonni (It), S Lyle, M Martin (Sp), D J Russell, A Sherborne, B Marchbank, M Farry (Fr), P Hall, B Gallacher, M Pinero (Sp), A Murray, E Els (SA), S Hamill, I Palmer (SA), R Kawagishi (Jap), O Sellberg (Swe), B Malley (US), G Cali (It). Selected: 75 I Baker-Finch (Aus), C O'Connor Jnr.

BRITISH SENIORS OPEN Leading first-round scores (GB or Irl unless stated): 69 N Coles 70 P Butler, A Palmer (US). 71 B Charles (NZ), B Verwey (SA), *J Hirsch (US) 72, *R Smethurst, A Proctor (US), C Moore (US), C O'Connor, S Hobday, T Jacobs (US), *M Noon. 73 R Hase (US), G Player (SA), H Muscroft, *G Edwards, B Zimmerman (US), R Watson (US), J Garaialde (Fr). 74 A Skerritt, J Dolan (US), D Butler, T Horton, V Tshabalala (SA). 75 M Damiano (Fr), *C Green, B Huggett, H Boyle, J Kinsella, A Grubb, R Terry (US), M Murphy, J Fourie (SA), F Rennie, A Toyoda (Jap). 76 R Bassett (US), B Rose (Can), J Ferree (US), B Carter, R Krause (Ger), R Rawlins (US), B Waites, H Jackson, C Mehok (US), H Fraser (US). *denotes amateur.

NIKKEI CUP (Tokyo) Leading first-round scores (Jap unless stated): 67 M Kawamura. 68 R Gibson (Can). 69 B Franklin (Can); N Sugai, T Otsuka; E Herrera (Colom).