Sporting Digest: Golf

NEW ENGLAND MEN'S CLASSIC (Sutton, Massachusetts) Leading first-round scores (US unless stated): 63 B Clampett. 66 S Lowery. 67 P Azinger, R Fehr. 68 F Funk, M Calcavecchia, W Wood, P Jacobsen, B McCallister, J Sindelar. 69 T Byrum, D Ogrin, G Kraft, M Dawson, L Thompson, C Copper, G Twiggs, M Kuramoto, B Cheesman.

NIKKEI CUP (Tomakomai, Japan) Leading second-round scores (Japan unless stated): 137 T Odate 66 71. 138 P McWhinney (Aus) 69 69. 139 H Sasaki 68 71. 140 Y Iwashita 69 71. 141 Y Yamamoto 72 69; H Sato 71 70; Lin Chie-hsiang (Tai) 71 70; Y Sakamoto 69 72.

US WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP (Carmel, Indiana) Leading first-round scores (US unless stated): 68 A Okamoto (Japan), H Alfredsson (Swe). 69 D Coe-Jones (Can). 70 A Read, M McGann, N Lopez, J Geddes, A Alcott, D Miho Koyama. Selected: 73 P Wright (GB), T Johnson (GB), L Davies (GB). 74 S Strudwick (GB).

LORD DERBY TOURNAMENT (Bolton) Leading final scores: 137 J Mellow (Worksop) 68 69; J Wright (West Herts) 73 64 (Mellow won after play-off). 138 R Wragg (Dore and Totley) 69 69. 139 P Barrington (Weston-super-mare) 68 71.