Sporting Digest: Golf

Sunningdale foursomes Fourth round: Old Course: K Maxwell and J Carr (Sunningdale) bt S Barr (London Scottish) and H Stott (Laleham) 1 hole; D Howell and G Harris (Broome Manor) bt P Talbot and D Talbot (Royal Mid-Surrey) 2 and 1; M King (Sunningdale) and J Healey (Hull) bt T Charnley (unatt) and R Latham (Porters Park) 2 and 1; J Little (Moor Park) and C Duke (Porters Park) bt J Farmer (Moor Park) and R Willison (Ealing) at 20th; J Bunch and J Farmer (St Andrews New) bt L Warwick (Rochford Hundred) and D Wood (CE Heath) 2 and 1; T Paterson and R Hurst (Leatherhead) bt I Looms (Blue Mountain) and G Griffiths (Stoke Poges) 3 and 2; S Webster (Atherstone) and A Wall (Sunningdale) bt T Milford and P Stuart (Sittingbourne and Milton Regis) 1 hole; G Emerson (Salisbury) and N Tokely (Broadstone) bt T Morrison and C Challen (Stoke Poges) 1 hole. Quarter-finals: Howell and Harris bt Maxwell and Carr 3 and 2; King and Healey bt Little and Duke 1 hole; Bunch and Farmer bt Paterson and Hurst 1 hole; Webster and Wall bt Emerson and Tokely 1 hole.

THE PLAYERS' CHAMPIONSHIP (Sawgrass) Early leading first-round scores (US unless stated): 63 G Norman (Aus). 65 C Montgomerie (Sco), T Kite, J Maggert, L Janzen. 66 F Zoeller. 67 N Faldo (Eng), H Sutton, W Grady (Aus), D Forsman, J Delsing, H Irwin. 68 D Love III, L Roberts, B Faxon, M Springer, S Lowery, J Edwards, T Lehman, D Barr (Can), M Ozaki (Jap), B Claar, D Hammond, L Clements, T Tryba. Selected: 69 J M Olazabal (Sp). 71 S Lyle (Sco). 73 I Woosnam (Wal). 74 S Ballesteros (Sp), B Langer (Ger).

KSB OPEN TOURNAMENT (Tokyo) Leading first-round scores: (Japan unless stated): 66 Y Kaneko. 67 K Maita, T Higa. 69 F Minoza (Phil), T Yoneyama, H Terada. 70 M Kimura, K Murota, K Takami, Lin Chie-hsiang (Tai), 70 Zaw Moe (Burma). 71 T Hamilton (US), B Watts (US), Hsieh Chin-sheng (Taiwan), Lim Jin-han (S Kor). 72 Chen Tze-ming (Tai). 74 C Warren (Aus), E Herrera (Colom), S Gimson (Sing). 75 C McClellan (US), S Ginn (Aus). 76 B Jones (Aus), A Gilligan (Aus), R Backwell (Australia), Han Young-keun (S Kor), G Meyer (US).