Sport in Short: Golf

NICK FALDO received two awards last night: the Ritz Club Golfer of the Year award and the Vardon Trophy, given each season to the leading money-winner on the European tour, at the tour's annual dinner in London.

LEADING WORLD RANKINGS (US unless stated): 1 N Faldo (GB) 22.51 pts; 2 F Couples 16.95; 3 I Woosnam (GB) 13.10; 4 B Langer (Ger) 12.94; 5 J-M Olazabal (Sp) 12.87; 6 G Norman (Aus) 11.99; 7 J Cook 11.68; 8 N Price (Zim) 11.51; 9 Azinger 11.10; 10 D Love III 10.45; 11 T Kite 9.72; 12 S Ballesteros (Sp) 9.68; 13 M O'Meara 9.51; 14 M Ozaki (Japan) 9.17; 15 R Floyd 9.03; 16 C Pavin 8.99; 17 B Lietzke 8.45; 18 S Elkington (Aus) 7.82; 19 M McNulty (Zim) 7.53; 20 C Montgomerie (GB) 7.43.

DOTTIE MOCHRIE and Dan Forsman won the J C Penney mixed Classic when they set a new course record at the Innisbrook Resort Copperhead Club. The Americans came in four strokes clear of the 1990 winners, Beth Daniel and Davis Love III, after a final round of 69 left them 20-under-par on 264.

J C PENNEY CLASSIC (Tarpon Springs, Fla) Final scores (US unless stated): 264 D Mochrie and D Forsman 66 63 66 69. 268 B Daniel and D Love III 67 65 65 71. 270 P Bradley and B Glasson 67 69 70 64. B Burton and B Mayfair 68 67 68 67; D Massey and M McCumber 67 66 70 67; A Benz and J Huston 67 69 65 69. 271 T Kerdyk and B Fleisher 68 69 69 65; S Little and F Allem (SA) 69 68 67 67. 272 C Walker and L Janzen 71 70 67 64; A Alcott and D Waldorf 67 68 66 71. 277 L Davies (GB) and M Hulbert 71 70 68 68. 280 J Stephenson (Aus) and T Sieckman 71 67 69 73. 282 P Wright (GB) and B Bryant 70 74 68 70.