Sport in Short: Golf

ENGLISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP (Royal Cinque Ports, Deal): Final: S Cage (Sand Moor) bt R Hutt (Southport Ainsdale) 3 and 2.

J&B SCOTTISH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP (Glasgow Gailes, Irvine): Final: S Gallacher (Bathgate) bt D Kirkpatrick (Tantallon) at 37th.

WELSH AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP (Pyle and Kenfig): Final: H Roberts (Southerndown) bt R Johnson (Cardiff) 3 and 2.

GREATER HARTFORD OPEN (Cromwell, Conn): Leading final scores (US unless stated): 274 L Wadkins 68 70 71 65; 276 N Price (Zim) 68 67 72 69; D Forsman 69 69 68 70, D Hammond 66 70 68 72; 277 J Sluman 67 70 70 70; G Morgan 66 68 71 72; B Estes 68 69 68 72; 278 P Blackmar 69 72 70 67; K Green 68 72 70 68; B Mayfair 69 66 71 72; 279 T Kite 72 67 72 68; M Smith 73 67 70 69; L Janzen 68 67 73 71; D Pooley 68 70 70 71.

NST NIIGATA OPEN (Toyoura): Leading final scores (Jap unless stated): 275 T Nakajima 70 68 67 70. 277 S Mori 68 68 74 67. 281 K Maita 73 71 71 66. 282 W Smith (Aus) 77 68 68 69; K Tomori 72 71 70 69; T Nishikawa 72 68 68 74. GB: 288 P Hoad 70 75 70 73.

ENGLISH WOMEN'S OPEN (Tytherington, Cheshire): Leading final scores (GB or Irl unless stated): 281 L Davies 72 69 69 71. 288 A Nicholas 69 79 70 70; M- L de Lorenzi (Fr) 71 71 75 71; T Abitbol (Sp) 69 72 75 72; C Dibnah (Aus) 73 69 73 73. 289 T Johnson 74 72 75 68; C Nilsmark (Swe) 72 72 74 71. 290 S Strudwick 74 72 73 71. 291 E Quelhas (Fr) 77 73 67 74. 292 C Hjalmarsson (Swe) 75 64 73 80. 293 D Reid 70 70 77 76. 294 M de Boer (Neth) 78 74 74 68. 295 H Wadsworth 74 79 73 69; D Dowling 71 76 78 70; L Maritz (SA) 75 72 74 74. 296 W Dicks 71 77 78 70; L Hackney 73 72 72 79. 297 S Croce (It) 78 74 75 70; S Moon (US) 76 72 77 72; S Gronberg (Swe) 75 74 73 75; N Hall (Aus) 68 74 78 77; S Waugh (Aus) 74 72 74 77.

BAY STATE WOMEN'S CLASSIC (Canton, Mass): Leading third-round scores (US unless stated): 208 S Steinhauer 70 68 70; D Mochrie 72 67 69. 210 F Descampe (Bel) 68 70 72. 212 N Taylor 70 74 68. 214 J Geddes 69 75 70; A Ritzman 70 70 74; R Walton 71 67 76. GB: 222 C Pierce (GB) 76 72 74.

VOLVO ORDER OF MERIT Leading positions (GB or Ire unless stated): 1 N Faldo pounds 465,319; 2 J M Olazabal (Sp) pounds 297,126; 3 T Johnstone (Zim) pounds 275,247; 4 A Forsbrand (Swe) pounds 269,008; 5 B Langer (Ger) pounds 221,805; 6 C Montgomerie pounds 215,620; 7 G Brand Jnr pounds 195,645; 8 P Senior (Aus) pounds 193,169; 9 J Rivero (Sp) pounds 186,535; 10 P O'Malley (Aus) pounds 171,494; 11 I Woosnam pounds 157,723; 12 V Singh (Fiji) pounds 152,264; 13 D Gilford pounds 146,750; 14 G Evans pounds 138,643; 15 S Lyle pounds 132,532; 16 M Martin (Sp) pounds 131,711; 17 J Spence pounds 126,828; 18 P Mitchell pounds 124,641; 19 S Ballesteros (Sp) pounds 124,288; 20 C O'Connor Jnr pounds 124,168.

LPGA EUROPEAN WOMEN'S TOUR: Leading earners: 1 T Johnson (Eng) pounds 43,439; 2 L Davies (Eng) pounds 36,017; 3 H Alfredsson (Swe) pounds 30,800; 4 A Nicholas (Eng) pounds 28,128; 5 K Douglas (Eng) pounds 26,300; 6 C Nilsmark (Swe) pounds 25,334; 7 A Dibos (Peru) pounds 21,563; 8 S Croce (It) pounds 20,343; 9 S Strudwick (Eng) pounds 15,321; 10 S Mendiburu (Fr) pounds 14,247.