Sporting Digest: Golf

The qualifying school for the 1996 American Express Tour will take place at The Hyatt La Manga Club resort in Spain from 28 November to 1 December.

SCOTTISH OPEN (Carnoustie) Leading first-round scores (GB or Irl unless stated): 64 C Montgomerie; 66 I Woosnam, M Campbell (NZ), W Riley (Aus); 67 C Parry (Aus), M Farry (Fr), D Hospital (Sp), V Singh (Fiji); 68 B Lane; 69 O Karlsson (Swe), S Torrance, T Woods (US), G Evans, J L Guepy (Fr), J Spence, J Rivero (Sp), P Fulke (Swe), T Price (Aus), S Watson, R Chapman, K Eriksson (Swe); 70 B Marchbank, R Burns, K Tomori (Japan), N Faldo, P Lawrie, G Brand Jnr, M Roe, P Walton; 71 D Feherty, P O'Malley (Aus), T Johnstone (Zim), V Fernandez (Arg), S Luna (Sp), S Tinning (Den), G Turner (NZ), G Orr, M A Jimenez (Sp), J Parnevik (Swe), J Payne, J Coceres (Arg), M Harwood (Aus), W Westner (SA), J Morse (US), A Binaghi (It). Selected: 72 D Gilford, A Forsbrand; 73 C Rocca (It), M Lanner (Swe), S Richardson, G J Brand; 74 M James, P-U Johansson (Swe), R Rafferty, P Senior (Aus), S Lyle, E Darcy; 76 H Clark; 77 B Crenshaw (US); 81 S Ballesteros (Sp).

EUROPEAN WOMEN'S TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (Milan) First qualifying round: 366 Spain. 367 France. 369 Sweden. 370 Italy. 372 Denmark. 380 England (72 J Hall, 75 K Stupples, 76 E Ratcliffe, 78 L Walton, 79 E Duggleby, 82 S Lambert). 381 Germany. 386 Scotland (73 M McKay, 75 J Moodie, 78 A Rose, 80 S McMaster, 80 H Monaghan, 82 L Nicholson); Ireland (74 A O'Sullivan, 75 E Power, 78 H Kavanagh, 79 M McKenna, 80 E Higgins, 82 Y Cassidy). 387 Wales (74 B Jones, 74 R Morgan, 75 L Dermott, 81 J Thomas, 83 V Thomas, 85 K Stark). 389 Norway. 390 Switzerland. 394 Netherlands. 399 Belgium; Austria. 401 Finland. 410 Czech Republic. 411 Iceland. 426 Portugal.