US Tour: Mark Calcavecchia, who played only one round in three weeks before arriving in Connecticut, fired a six-under 64 on Saturday to open a three-shot lead over Notah Begay after the third round of the Greater Hartford Open.

Calcavecchia, without a win on the PGA Tour since 1998, completed 54 holes at 17-under 193 and is threatening the 72-hole record since the tournament moved to the TPC at River Highlands in 1991. Defending champion Brent Geiberger holds the mark of 18-under. Kirk Triplett set a course record with a nine-under 61 to surge into a tie for third with Edward Fryatt at 13-under. Jim Furyk was another two shots back at 199. Begay is seeking his second straight victory and fourth in just over 10 months. He started the day tied for the lead with Calcavecchia, but lost three shots on the leaderboard, despite carding a 67.

St Andrews Trophy: Britain and Ireland regained the St Andrews Trophy at Turnberry over the weekend with a 13-11 victory over the Continent of Europe.

Although Britain and Ireland complete amateur golf's Grand Slam - the Walker Cup, Eisenhower Trophy and St Andrews Trophy - there was disappointment that Noel Fox, the sole Irish representative in the nine-man side, did not perform as well as he is capable of.

Ironically, Fox got off to a bright start, winning in tandem with England's Max Harris in the opening day's foursomes. But he was left out of that afternoon's singles and lost in both the foursomes and singles on the final day.

However, the current East of Ireland and Irish Open Amateur strokeplay champion, could not recreate the magic with Harris on day two and they went down by 4 and 2 to Italy's Stefano Reale and Jochen Lupprian of Germany. He later lost 4 and 2 in the singles to current British amateur champion Mikko Ilonen of Finland.

After losing the second day's foursomes 3-1, leaving the contest all-square at 8-8, Britain and Ireland captain Peter McEvoy was naturally delighted with his team's battling 5-3 win in the crucial final session.

Alongside the men's match the Britain and Ireland boys' team were victorious for the third year in a row, comfortably beating their European counterparts 16-8 to win the Jacques Leglise Trophy.