Sporting Digest: Golf

INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT (Castle Rock, Colorado) Leading first-round scores (played under modified stableford format (US unless stated): 14pts S Pate. 13 M O'Meara, B Faxon. 12 J Adams, S Kendall. 11 P Mickelson, G Norman (Aus). 10 L Rinker. 9 T Tryba. 8 K Green, R Mediate, J Gomez, R Wrenn, H Taylor. 7 B Claar, A Bean, M Lye, T Sieckmann, W Grady (Aus). 6 P Blackmar, B Andrade, D Pruitt, N Smith (Aus), M Kuramoto (Japan). 1 C van der Velde (Neth). 0 J M Olazabal (Sp). -4 P McGinley (Irl). (Double eagle: 8pts. eagle: 5. birdie: 2. Par: 0. bogey: -1. double bogey or worse: -3.)

IBM SWEDISH WOMEN'S OPEN (Haninge, Stockholm): Leading second round scores (GB or Irl unless stated): 143 C Hjalmarsson (Swe) 72 71; K Lunn (Aus) 75 68; L Fairclough 72 71. 144 S Moon (US) 74 70; A Gottmo (Swe) 72 72. 145 C Dibnah (Aus) 72 73; M Lunn (Aus) 74 71; V Palli (Fr) 73 72. 146 T Johnson 73 73; *C Sorenstam (Swe) 73 73; C Nilsmark (Swe) 77 69; A Nicholas 75 71. 147 S Gautrey (Aus) 74 73; A Shapcott 74 73; M Spencer-Devlin (US) 72 75; F Dassu (It) 72 75; R Lautens (Swit) 76 71; J Allmark (Swe) 72 75; L Neumann (Swe) 74 73; J Geddes (US) 73 74; H Dobson 76 71. Selected British scores: 148 L Davies 74 74; H Wadsworth 75 73. 149 J Forbes 74 75. 150 D Dowling 75 75.

BRITISH WOMEN'S AMATEUR STROKEPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP (Gullane) Leading final scores: 290 J Hall (Felixstowe Ferry) 74 68 73 75. 296 L Brooky (NZ) 70 77 74 74. 297 M McKay (Turnberry) 78 72 77 70. 299 J Morley (Sale) 74 73 78 74. 300 K Tebbet (East Devon) 71 70 77 82. 301 A Rose (Stirling) 76 76 75 74. 302 S Burnell (Burnham and Berrow) 79 73 73 77. 304 A Rogers (The Island) 80 74 75 75.