CATHY PANTON-LEWIS'S TEAM BEATEN
BY AMERICAN SENIOR WOMEN PROS

A World team, captained by Cathy Panton-Lewis, lost by 31pt to 17 to the United States, led by Kathy Whitworth, in the annual Handa Cup senior women's professional golf match at St Augustine, Florida.
The Americans won nine of the final programme of 12 singles, each win earning them 2pt.
England's Alison Nicholas, winner of the 1997 US Women's Open, was beaten 3 and 1 in the lead-off singles by Sherri Turner.
The scoreline at the end of the first day's nine-hole foursomes and better-ball ties was 13-11 in favour of the United States.

Saturday singles results
US names first
Sherri Turner bt Alison Nicholas 3 and 1, Christa Johnson bt Alicia Dibos 5 and 4, Beth Daniel bt Barbara Scherbak 3 and 2, Patty Sheehan bt Dawn Coe-Jones 2 and 1, Cindy Figg-Currier lost to Meiko Nomura 2 holes, Amy Alcott lost to Jan Stephenson 4 and 3, Marilyn Lavander bt Nancy Harvey 2 and 1, Cindy Rarick bt Anne Marie Palli 2 holes, JoAnne Carner bt Tina Tombs 2 and 1, Rosie Jones bt Jenny Lidback 2 and 1, Sandra Haynie lost to Masumi Inaba 5 and 4, Pat Bradley bt Michiko Okada 4 and 3 (9-3).