BYRNE SURGES CLEAR OF KELLETT AS TOP

SCOT IN WORLD AMATEUR RANKINGS


Banchory's James Byrne, a student at Arizona State University, has surged clear of Ross Kellett (Colville Park) in the this week's updated R&A World Amateur Golf Rankings.
Byrne, only spot ahead of Kellett last week, has soared 10 places to No 25 while Kellett has falled back 14 spots to No 50.
They are the only Scots in the top 100 of the world rankins.
Peter Uihlein (US), Nick Taylor (Canada) and Tommy Fleetwood (England) are unchanged in the Nos 1 to 3 positions.
Scots in the top 500 are:
25 James Byrne (+10)
50 Ross Kellett (-14).
187 Michael Stewart ( -7)..
263 Kris Nicol (+1)
278 Stuart Ballingall (+9).
281 Glenn Campbell (-15).
319 Philip McLean (+2).
339 James White (+3).
359 Mark Hillson (+3).
414 David Law (+9)
467 Greg Paterson (+58).