Sporting Digest: Golf

GREATER HARTFORD OPEN (Cromwell, Connecticut) Leading first-round scores:

(US unless stated): 65 C Stadler, R Maltbie. 66 J Huston, K Clearwater, D Forsman. 67 N Price (Zim), J Sindelar, B Faxon, J Delsing, S Lowery, E Fiori, B Lohr, M Calcavecchia, C Pavin. 68 R Mediate, B Gilder, P Burke, K Triplett, S Lamontagne, K Perry. 70 F Allem (SA).

MIZUNO OPEN (Tokyo) Leading second-round scores: (Japan unless stated): 136 T Ueno 67 69. 138 S Okuda 70 68; T Ozaki 69 69. 139 R Mackay (Aus) 69 70. 140 W Grady (Aus) 73 67; T Watanabe 72 68; B Watts (US) 68 72. 143 S Gimson (Sing) 71 72; M Ferguson (Aus) 70 73; D Ishii (US) 68 75. 144 E Herrera (Col) 74 70; B Franklin (Can) 72 72; Lin Chie-hsiang (Tai) 71 73. 145 Chen Tze-chung (Tai) 75 70; G Meyer (US) 75 70; R Gibson (Can) 73 72; B Jones (Aus) 71 74. 147 T Hamilton (US) 74 73. 148 F Minoza (Phil) 77 71. 149 Chen Liang-hsi (Tai) 74 75. 150 P McWhinney (Aus) 75 75; C Warren (Aus) 73 77; P Hoad (GB) 73 77. 151 P Senior (Aus) 73 78. 159 R Backwell (Aus) 76 83.

WOMEN'S BELGIUM OPEN (Grez-Doiceau) Leading first-round scores: 67 P Wright (Sco). 69 L Davies (Eng). 70 M-L de Lorenzi (Fr), T Johnson (Eng), A Nicholas (Eng), L Hackney (Eng). 71 L Maritz-Atkins (SA), L Neumann (Swe), D Reid (Sco), D Petrizzi (US), H Dobson (Eng).