Sporting Digest: Golf

BUICK SOUTHERN OPEN (Pine Mountain, Georgia) Leading first-round scores (US unless stated): 65 T Barranger. 66 S Elkington (Aus), J McGovern, S Lamontagne. 67 K Perry, M Donald, S Utley, M Brisky, R Zokol (Can). 68 B Glasson, D Mast, R Black, K Triplett, D Reese. 69 T Byrum, J Sluman, D Tewell, B Wadkins, S Pate, B McCallister, L Mize, O Browne, B Gilder, D Ogrin, J Leonard, M Sullivan, R Fehr, K Knox, M Hatalsky, S Gotsche, E Kirby.

JAPAN OPEN (Yokkaichi) Leading second- round scores (Japan unless stated): 134 M Ozaki 68 66. 138 H Kase 71 67. 140 K Tomori 74 66; B Watts (US) 71 69. 142 K Takami 69 73; C Franco (Par) 68 74. 143 Y Niizeki 74 69; Y Mizumaki 73 70; S Ebihara 72 71; H Makino 72 71; T Yoneyama 71 72.

SPANISH WOMEN'S OPEN (La Manga; Sp) Leading second-round scores (GB or Irl unless stated): 137 S Gronberg-Whitmore (Swe) 68 69. 142 L Tadiotto (Bel) 72 70; L Weima (Neth) 70 72; K Orum (Den) 70 72; T Johnson 72 70. 143 S Mendiburu (Fr) 69 74; M-L de Lorenzi (Fr) 71 72; D Reid 73 70. 144 R Bolas 71 73; M Hageman (Neth) 72 72; J Arnold (NZ) 75 69. 145 P Meunier (Fr) 70 75; D Dowling 72 73; A Arruti (Sp) 73 72. 146 V Palli (Fr) 74 72; S Prosser 73 73; K Parker (US) 72 74; F Dassu (It) 71 75; D Patterson 72 74; I Maconi (It) 70 76; L Hackney 73 73. 147 C Panton-Lewis 75 72; S Waugh (Aus) 75 72; S Bennett 72 75; A Radford 76 71; S Nicklin 74 73; D Barnard 74 73; N Moult 75 72. 148 P Rigby (Swe) 71 77; W Dicks 73 75; S Hodge 71 77; C Matthew 71 77; L Lambert (Aus) 72 76; M Madill 75 73. 149 B Pestana (SA) 75 74, P Grice-Whittaker 75 74, L Maritz-Atkins (SA) 73 76, S Robinson 75 74, A Shapcott 74 75, M Bertilskold (Swe) 74 75, J Furby 76 73, A Nicholas 75 74, L Fairclough 77 72, C Duffy 73 76, L Sugg (US) 73 76. 150 N Buxton 76 74, D Petrizzi (US) 75 75, W Doolan (Aus) 76 74, J Soulsby 75 75., R Comstock (US) 75 75, J Mills (Aus) 71 79, J Forbes 77 73.

WOMEN'S WORLD AMATEUR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (Paris) Leading positions after third round: 423 United States. 431 Spain, Australia. 432 France. 433 Korea. 436 Sweden. 440 Brazil. 441 Belgium. 442 Germany, Austria. Selected: 446 GB and Irl: J Hall (Felixstowe) 71, L Walton (Calcott Park) 73, K Speak (Clitheroe) 80.