Sporting Digest: Golf

PORTUGUESE OPEN (Penha Longa, Sintra) Leading first-round scores (GB or Irl unless stated): 64 P Price. 65 C Rocca (It). 66 M Clayton (Aus), P Eales. 67 C Mason, H Clark, G Brand Jnr, S Bottomley. 68 J Van de Velde (Fr), G Orr, S Struver (Ger), B Nelson (US), S Bowman (US), G Manson. 69 D J Russell, G Evans, G J Brand, L Westwood, R Goosen (SA), E Romero (Arg), J Robinson, R Rafferty, M Besanceney (Fra), B Marchbank, J M Carriles (Sp), P Lawrie, G Turner (NZ), P Teravainen (US), B Barnes, I Garrido (Spn). 70 A Sherborne, P Walton, M A Jimenez (Sp), C Cassells, T Johnstone (Zim), J M Canizares (Sp), T Levet (Fr), M Mackenzie, S Torrance, R Karlsson (Swe), D Hospital (Sp), J Hall. 71 G Levenson (SA), C Moody, J Payne, D Gilford, O Nordberg (Swe), M Miller, N Godin, P Curry, S Richardson, R Allenby (Aus), A Hunter, M Zerman (It), P Golding, A Bossert (Swit), F Lindgren (Swe), M Scarpa (It), M McLean, A Forsbrand (Swe), A Oldcorn, G Hjertstedt (Swe).

SHIZUOKA OPEN TOURNAMENT (Tokyo) Leading first-round scores: (Japan unless stated): 69 T Fukuzawa. 70 A Omachi, H Kase. 71 P Senior (Aus), K Takahashi, T Hamilton (US), T Nakajima, T Ikeda, T Suzuki, D Ishii (US).

MALAYSIAN OPEN (Kuala Lumpur) Leading first-round scores: 66 C McClellan (US). 67 C Espinosa (Mex), B Ruengkit (Thai). 68 Cho Chul-sang (S Kor), E Meeks (US), P Gunasagaran (Malay). 69 R Todd (Can), Hsieh Yu-shu (Tai).