Sport in Short: Golf

FORTE HOTELS PGA SENIORS' CHAMPIONSHIP (Royal Dublin): Leading first-round scores: 69 J Fourie (SA), J Hamilton (Brickendon Grange); 70 J Klatt (Aus); 71 J Donoghue (Hesketh), B Hutchinson (Moortown), A Grubb (Rodway Hill); 72 C Wyant (US), J McAlister (Haggs Castle), D Snell (unattached), R Fidler (West Kent); 73 C O'Connor (Royal Dublin), J Kinsella (Skerries), R Whitehead (Moor Park).

BOYS' HOME INTERNATIONALS (Royal Mid Surrey, Richmond): England 5 Scotland 10. Foursomes (English names first): S Drummond and D Hamilton lost to S Gallacher and A Farmer 2 and 1; M Foster and J Healey lost to H McKibbin and A Reid 1 hole; B Davies and S Andrew bt A MacDonald and D Summers 2 and 1; S Webster and G Jenkins lost to G Davidson and D Patrick 4 and 3; G Harris and A Wall lost to G Sherry 3 and 1. Singles: Drummond lost to Gallacher 6 and 5; Davies bt Farmer 3 and 2; Andrew bt McKibbin 4 and 2; Harris lost to Reid 2 and 1; Healey lost to MacDonald 1 hole; Jenkins lost to Summers 3 and 2; Webster bt E Little 2 and 1; Wall lost to Davidson 3 and 2; Hamilton lost to Orr 2 and 1; Foster bt Sherry 5 and 4. Wales 9 Ireland 6. Foursomes (Welsh names first): D Ingman and C Sheppard lost to S Quinlivan and D Conway 3 and 2; D Park and R Price bt D Coyle and E Brady 3 and 2; R Nash and J Pugh lost to G O'Flaherty and M Wilson 2 holes; M Lucas and Y Taylor lost to S Devenney and J Kane-Nash 1 hole; R Davies and I Rowlands bt D Dunne and A Garvey 1 hole. Singles: Taylor bt Quinlivan 2 and 1; Sheppard bt Coyle 1 hole; Davies bt Kane-Nash 2 and 1; Price lost to Brady 3 and 1; Park bt Conway 3 and 2; Pugh bt Wilson 4 and 3; Lucas bt O'Flaherty 1 hole; Ingman lost to A McCormick 1 hole; Nash bt Devenney 2 and 1; G Williams lost to Dunne 3 and 2.