Sporting Digest: Golf

PAUL HOAD, of Britain, failed by one shot to qualify for The Open next month as five Japanese golfers sealed their places for the tournament at Sandwich at the Asian-Japanese qualifiers in Hakui, Japan, yesterday. Hoad finished the two-round qualifying contest on 141, one shot behind Katsuyoshi Tomori and Noboru Sugai. Yoshinori Mizumaki led the qualifiers on 137, with Takaaki Fukuzawa on 138 and Ryoken Kawagishi on 139.

THE OPEN Asian-Japanese qualifying tournament (Hakui, Japan): Leading final scores (Japan unless stated): 137 Y Mizumaki 66 71. 138 T Fukuzawa 70 68. 139 R Kawagishi 70 69. 140 K Tomori 70 70; N Sugai 66 74. 141 P Hoad (GB) 72 69; F Matsutaka 69 72, K Murota 69 72.

LEMAN INTERNATIONAL SENIOR TROPHY (Lausanne, Swit) Leading second-round scores (GB or Irl unless stated): 141 P Ferranti (US) 71 70; V Tshabalala (SA) 71 70. 142 R Sota (Sp) 70 72; N Coles 72 70; J-M Roca (Sp) 69 73; C Evans (US) 66 76. 143 J Garaialde (Fr) 71 72. 144 D Snell 72 72; D Jimenez (US) 72 72. 145 D Butler 72 73; H Boyle 70 75; H Muscroft 71 74; M Murphy 71 74.

ICE HOCKEY

TEAMS from Great Britain, Japan, Latvia, Poland and Slovakia will play-off at Sheffield Arena between 28 August and 4 September for a place in the Winter Olympics at Lillehammer, Norway, next year.