Sporting Digest: Golf

WOMEN'S OPEN (Haninge, Swe) Leading first-round scores (GB and Irl unless stated): 71 * S Eriksson (Swe); 72 J Allmark (Swe), C Hjalmarsson (Swe), L Fairclough, A Gottmo (Swe), S Gustafson (Swe), S Gronberg (Swe), C Dibnah (Aus), M Spencer-Devlin (US), F Dassu (It); 73 V Palli (Fr), S Waugh (Aus), J Geddes (US), T Johnson, * C Sorenstam (Swe). Selected GB: 74 L Davies, A Shapcott, J Forbes, D Barnard. 75 C Hall, D Dowling, A Nicholas, H Wadsworth, B New; 76 C Duffy, H Dobson, S Robinson, G Stewart; 77 S Prosser, S Nicklin, C Panton-Lewis; 78 S Keogh, S Shapcott, S Elliott, J Kinloch; 79 K Douglas; 80 D Reid, S Bennett; 81 T Hammond, E-J Smith; 82 M Wright, J Lawrence; 83 J Soulsby; 84 R Hast; 86 E Rundle; 88 W Dicks. * denotes amateur.

BRITISH WOMEN'S STROKEPLAY (Guillane) Leading second-round scores: 141 K Tebbet (East Devon) 71 70. 142 J Hall (Felixstowe Ferry) 74 68. 147 M McKinlay (Blairmore and Strone) 72 75; S Lambert (Coome Hill) 77 70; J Morley (Sale) 74 73; L Brooky (NZ) 70 77. 150 M McKay (Turnberry) 78 72; M Brink (Swe) 75 75. 151 V Thomas (Pennard) 73 78; K Speak (Clitheroe) 74 77; L Nicholson (Haddington) 76 75; M Sutton (Royal Blackheath) 75 76; J Hockley (Felixstowe Ferry) 77 74. 152 A Rose (Stirling) 76 76; L Tadiotti (Bel) 76 76; S Burnell (Burnham and Berrow) 79 73.