JAMES BYRNE (No 30) CONTINUES TO HEAD
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 11 SCOTS IN R&A's WORLD TOP 500 AMATEURS

Banchory’s James Byrne, a student at Arizona State University, continues to head the only 11 Scottish players who are in the weekly-updated top 500 of the R&A World Amateur Golf Rankings.
Byrne, under pressure from Ross Kellett (Colville Park) for a spell earlier in the month, is now well clear of the Motherwell man. Byrne is ranked No 30, down five from last week, and Kellett is No 56, down six .
There is a big gap between Kellett and the third Scot in the WAGR. East Tennessee State University student Michael Stewart from Troon is ranked No 190, down three places from last week.

LEADING R&A WAGR
1 Peter Uihlein (US) (no change).
2 Nick Taylor (Canada) (no change).
3 Tommy Fleetwood (England) (no change).
4 Russell Henley (US) (up four places).
5 Victor Dubuisson (France) (no change).
6 Bud Cauley (US) (down two places).
7 Jonathan Randolph (US) (down one place).
8 Andrea Pavan (Italy) (down one place).
9 Patrick Reed (US) (no change).
10 David Chung (US) (up one place)

Scots’ positions in top 500
30 James Byrne (-5).
56 Ross Kellett (-6).
189 Michael Stewart (-3).
220 Stuart Ballingall (+58).
284 Kris Nicol (-21).
303 Glenn Campbell (-22).
351 James White (-12).
338 Mark Hillson (-29).
399 Phil McLean (-80).
408 Greg Paterson (+59).
429 David Law (-15).