Langkawi, Kedah: James Byrne of Scotland was four shots ahead of the chasing pack following a third round three-under-par 69 at the PGM LADA Langkawi Masters on Saturday.<\/p>\n
He posted two birdies and one eagle against one bogey for 18-under-par 198 to lead over Singaporean Lam Chih Bing, who produced a sensational 65, and Japanese Mitsuhiko Hashizume (67) at the Gunung Raya Golf Resort.<\/p>\n
Thailand\u2019s Wasin Sripattranusorn registered a 67 for fourth position, five shots from Byrne at the RM200,000 (approximately US$65,000) Asian Development Tour (ADT) event.\n<\/p>\n
Byrne was disappointed not to build on his overnight five-shot lead but remains confident that he can secure his second ADT title since winning at the PGM CCM Rahman Putra Masters in February.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnytime you have a lead, it is still a good position. It is nice to be ahead and I\u2019ve won before at Rahman Putra. I\u2019ve also won a few times in amateur golf with a lead so I\u2019m not going to worry too much about the guys behind me,\u201d said the former Walker Cup star.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old was four-under after 10 holes but struggled to keep pace when his putter turned cold.<\/p>\n
\u201cI struggled on the last eight holes. I missed quite a few birdie chances on 13, 14 and 15 and made a silly bogey on 16. I just didn\u2019t hit the ball and putt as well as I did in the last two days. I felt like I could have pushed on a bit better but I can\u2019t complain too much.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nicholas Fung was the best placed Malaysian after shooting a second consecutive 71 for a 208 total. He is 10 shots off the pace heading into the final round.<\/p>\n
198 – James BYRNE (SCO) 64 65 69<\/p>\n 202 – LAM Chih Bing (SIN) 70 67 65, Mitsuhiko HASHIZUME (JPN) 68 67 67<\/p>\n 203 – Wasin SRIPATTRANUSORN (THA) 67 69 67<\/p>\n 204 – Anthony KANG (USA) 67 70 67, Lindsay RENOLDS (CAN) 69 65 70<\/p>\n 205 – Malcolm KOKOCINSKI (SWE) 64 72 69<\/p>\n 206 – Nils FLOREN (SWE) 63 72 71<\/p>\n 207 – Adam BLYTH (AUS) 70 72 65, LEE Shih-hung (TPE) 68 69 70, HSIEH Tung-shu (TPE) 68 68 71<\/p>\n 208 – YANG Fei-hao (TPE) 70 68 70, Nicholas FUNG (MAS) 66 71 71, Ian KEENAN (ENG) 70 67 71<\/p>\n 209 – Daniel BRINGOLF (AUS) 73 69 67, Arie FAUZI (MAS) 72 69 68, Ben CAMPBELL (NZL) 68 73 68, Darren TAN (AUS) 69 71 69, David PALM (SWE) 70 68 71<\/p>\n 210 – Quincy QUEK (SIN) 71 72 67, Shaaban HUSSIN (MAS) 70 69 71, Clement RAMEAUX (FRA) 72 67 71, Jakraphan PREMSIRIGORN (THA) 73 64 73, R. Nachimuthu (MAS) 70 67 73<\/p>\n 212 – Michael MOORE (AUS) 69 72 71, Nick PUGH (ENG) 71 70 71<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Langkawi, Kedah: James Byrne of Scotland was four shots ahead of the chasing pack following a third round three-under-par 69 at the PGM LADA Langkawi Masters on Saturday.<\/p>\n He posted two birdies and one eagle against one bogey for 18-under-par 198 to lead over Singaporean Lam Chih Bing, who produced a sensational 65, and Japanese Mitsuhiko Hashizume (67) at the Gunung Raya Golf Resort.<\/p>\n Thailand\u2019s Wasin Sripattranusorn registered a 67 for fourth position, five shots from Byrne at the RM200,000 (approximately US$65,000) Asian Development Tour (ADT) event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world-golf-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
Leading third round scores<\/strong><\/p>\n