Golf

PORTUGAL OPEN

(Quinta do Lago)


Leading first-round scores (players British unless stated). -

64: Padraig Harrington (Ireland)

66: David Lynn, Niclas Fasth (Sweden), David Higgins (Ireland) David Gilford

67: Patrik Sjoland (Sweden), David Howell, Elliot Boult (New Zealand), Ian Poulter

68: Kenneth Ferrie, Trevor Immelman (South Africa), Tomas Jesus Munoz (Spain), Matthew Blackley, Jorge Berendt (Argentina), Joakim Haeggman (Sweden), Anders Hansen (Denmark), Steven Richardson, Alistair Forsyth, Roger Chapman, Ricardo Gonzalez (Argentina)

69: Roger Winchester, Ignacio Garrido (Spain), Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden), Steve Webste, John Bickerton, Simon Dyson, Johan Skold (Sweden), Greg Turner (New Zealand)

70: David Price, Justin Rose, Sven Struver (Sweden), Mark Mouland, David Park, Mikael Lundberg (Sweden), Russell Claydon, Gary Orr, Graham Rankin, Henrik Stenson (Sweden), Anders Forsbrand (Sweden), Richard S Johnson (Sweden), Markus Brier (Austria), Wayne Riley (Australia), Mark Davis, Jose Rivero (Spain), Domingo Hospital, Shaun P. Webster, Stephen Scagill (New Zealand), Alex Cejka (Germany), Malcolm Mackenzie, Andrew Oldcorn, Andrew Raitt, Warren Bennett, Mark Pilkington, Justin Hobday (South Africa)

71: Francisco Cea (Spain), Gary Emerson, Richard Green (Australia), Johan Rystrom (Sweden), Hennie Otto, Jeremy Robinson, Hank Kuehne (US), Nick Dougherty, Paul McGinley (Ireland), Brian Davis, Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium), Greg Owen, Fredrik Henge (Sweden), Christian Cevear (France), Gregory Havret, Stephen Dodd, Garry Houston, Peter Fowler (Australia), Sam Torrance, Jean-Francois Remesy (France), Joao Carvalhosa (Portugal) Santiago Luna (Spain)

GREATER GREENSBORO CLASSIC

(North Carolina)


Leading first-round scores (players US unless stated). -
66: Scott Simpson

67: Jerry Kelly, Dudley Hart, Robert Damron, Shaun Micheel, Spike McRoy, Aaron Baddeley (Australia), Jeffrey Lankford

68: Joey Sindelar, Jonathan Kaye, Mike Sposa, Scott Dunlap, Stephen Ames (Trinidad), Scott Hoch, Brett Quigley, Greg Kraft, Ian Leggatt (Canada)

69: Frank Nobilo (New Zealand), Kevin Sutherland, Neal Lancaster, Jim Furyk, Scott McCarron, Mark O'Meara, Craig Perks (New Zealand), Phil Tataurangi (New Zealand), Kenny Perry, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Sweden), Russ Cochran, Doug Dunakey, Jeff Maggert, Robin Freeman, Kelly Grunewald, Jeff Brehaut

Also. -

71: Grant Waite (New Zealand)

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Mt Maunganui)


Second round. -

Championship: Sam Hunt (Rotorua) bt Gareth Paddison (Manor Park) 2 and 1, Ben Gallie (Otago) bt Jonathan Cane (Manor Park) at the 22nd hole, Richard Squire (Onga Onga) bt Jay Davies (Templeton) at the 20th, Andrew Duffin (Australia) bt Regan MacRae (New Plymouth) 1 up, Steven Bowditch (Australia) bt Daniel Lee (Waitakere) 1 up, Jay Denton (Manukau) bt Brad Shilton (Te Awamutu) at the 19th, Matthew Peter (Rangiora) bt Eddie Lee (Waitakere) 3 and 1, George Kinghorn (Tauranga) bt Tim Wilkinson (Golf City) 4 and 3.

R and A Rosebowl: Hugh McLeod (Templeton) bt Kent Skellern (Mt Maunganui) 1 up, Scott Thrupp (Manukau) bt James Gill (Cambridge) 1 up, Nathan Bennett (New Plymouth) bt Andrews Hobbs (Windsor) 3 and 2, Evan Woolf (Hauraki) bt Glyn Delany (Nelson) 1 up, Doug Batty (Northland) bt Guy Penrose (Cambridge) at the 20th, Isaac Randall (Christchurch) bt Jae An (Springfield) 2 and 1, Matthew Walkington (Waitakere) bt Colin Kang (Waitakere) 3 and 2.

Third round. -

Championship: Gallie bt Hunt 3 and 2, Duffin bt Squire 5 and 3, Bowditch bt Denton 1 up, Peter bt Kinghorn 3 and 2.

R and A Rosebowl: Thrupp bt McLeod 2 up, Kim bt Bennett 1 up, Batty bt Woolf 1 up, Randall bt Wilkington 2 up.

BROWN MILLER PRESS/WILSON PRO AM

(Wairakei)


69: Richard Ellis, Tony Christie

70: Stuart Thompson, Marcus Menara

71: Mark Brown

72: Jason McCarty, Stuart Malcolmson

73: Dennis Clark, Richard Lee