Sporting Digest: Golf

AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP (Nairn) Third round: M Erlandsson (Swe) bt M Blackey (Hayling) 1 hole; B Howard (Cochrane Castle) bt B Collier (Callander) 2 and 1; A Turnbull (Peebles) bt H McKibbin (Troon Welbeck) 3 and 2; M Welch (Hill Valley) bt P Nelson (Renishaw Park) at 19th; L James (Broadstone) bt S Griffiths (Wentworth) 4 and 3; D Howell (Broome Manor) bt F McGuirk (Prince's) 2 and 1; C Watson (East Renfrewshire) bt J Harris (Nevill) 2 holes; B Dredge (Bryn Meadows) bt D Berridge (Hindhead) 3 and 2; I Hardy (Hunstanton) bt D Park (Herefordshire) 1 hole; G Sherry (Kilmarnock Barassie) bt D Whittaker (Bath) 2 and 1; R Shiels (Moray) bt S Green (Littlestone) 2 and 1; S Davis (Kedleston Park) bt D Downie (Ladybank) 3 and 1; C Duke (Porters Park) bt P Harrington (Stackstown) 3 and 2; S Griffith (US) bt S Drummond (Shrewsbury) 1 hole; K Brink (Swe) bt G Marsden (Rhuddlan) 5 and 4; G Homewood (Ashford Manor) bt M Wilcox (John O'Gaunt) 1 hole. Fourth round: Erlandsson bt Howard 1 hole; Turnbull bt Welch 3 and 2; James bt Howell 3 and 2; Watson bt Dredge at 23rd; Sherry bt Hardy 3 and 1; Shiels bt Davis at 19th; Duke bt Griffith 1 hole; Brink bt Homewood 8 and 6.