Sporting Digest: Golf

BRITISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR OPEN (Newport, Gwent) Semi-finals: C Mourgue D'Algue (Fr) bt C Matthew (North Berick) at 20th; E Duggleby (Malton and Norton) bt A Adamson (SA) 2 and 1. Final: Duggleby bt Mourgue D'Algue 3 and 1.

LPGA MINNESOTA WOMEN'S CLASSIC Leading second-round scores (US unless stated): 139 C Pierce (GB) 71 68; L Neumann (Swe) 68 71; 140 A Alcott 71 69; 141 J Crafter (Aus) 73 68; B Daniel 70 71; 142 H Kobayashi (Japan) 72 70; C Johnson 70 72; M Mackall 70 72; R Jones 69 73; S Steinhauer 72 70; 143 S Croce (It) 72 71; N White (Can) 73 70; 145 J Stephenson (Aus) 71 74; 146 G Graham (Can) 74 72; 148 N Harvey (Can) 75 73; K Lunn (Aus) 75 73; A- M Palli (Fr) 73 75; 149 M Figueras-Dotti (Sp) 72 77; N LeRoux (SA) 73 76.

SAPPORO OPEN (Hiroshima) Leading final scores (Japan unless stated): 277 Y Mizumaki 65 70 68 74. 278 E Herrera (Col) 71 73 65 69. 279 Chen Tze-ming (Tai) 71 66 69 73. 280 S Fujiki 72 69 68 71. 281 D Serizawa 67 70 72 72; C Warren (Aus) 71 65 72 73. 282 P Senior (Aus) 71 65 76 70. 283 B Watts (US) 68 71 71 73. 285 Chen Tze-chung (Tai) 70 66 75 74; P McWhinney (Aus) 68 71 71 75. 287 Lin Chie-hsiang (Tai) 70 73 72 72. 289 D Ishii (US) 72 71 74 72. 292 A Gilligan (Aus) 72 73 72 75; B Jones (Aus) 71 70 72 79. 295 B Franklin (Can) 71 74 75 75; R Gibson (Can) 71 74 72 78. 296 R Backwell (Aus) 74 68 79 75. 301 Z Moe (Bur) 71 75 74 81.

SCOTTISH AMATEUR STROKEPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP (Letham Grange) Leading final scores: 288 D Downie (Ladybank) 69 69 74 76. 289 N Vanhootegem (Bel) 67 74 73 75. 291 B Howard (Cochrane Castle) 68 76 76 71; J Hodgson (Tytherington) 67 70 78 76.

VOLVO EUROPEAN TOUR ORDER OF MERIT Leading places: 1 J-M Olazabal (Sp) 241,402.04; 2 C Montgomerie (GB) 193,741.25; 3 E Els (SA) 188,230.00; 4 N Faldo (GB) 180,730.00; 5 B Langer (Ger) 169,975.42; 6 S Ballesteros (Sp) 149,808.04; 7 M-A Jimenez (Sp) 148,637.89; 8 R Allenby (Aus) 123,719.18; 9 P Hedblom (Swe) 120,138.53; 10 D Gilford 115,697.79.

FORD WOMENS ORDER OF MERIT Leading places: 1 H Alfredsson (Swe) pounds 34,875; 2 L Fairclough pounds 26,056; 3 S Gautrey (Aus) pounds 19,936; 4 C Nilsmark (Swe) pounds 19,283; 5 T Johnson pounds 17,572; 6 S Mendiburu (Fr) pounds 14,131; 7 F Descampe (Bel) pounds 12,555; 8 J Morley pounds 12,301; 9 L Davies pounds 9,709; 10 K Marshall pounds 7,838.