BANCHORY PLAYER BACK IN ACTION WITH A SOLID ROUND

JAMES BYRNE ON A PAR WITH LOUIS

OOSTHUIZEN IN INDONESIAN MASTERS

Banchory's James Byrne (pictured) matched former Open champion Louis Oosthuizen's par round of 72 and they both outscored France's Ryder Cup place contender Victor Dubuisson by two shots in the first round of the Indonesian Masters at Jakarta.
Byrne had birdies at the first and 10 but bogeys at the 11th and 13th. 
Malaysia’s Nicholas Fung continued his dazzling form by taking a share of the first-round lead ib five-under 67 with South Korean-American Anthony Kang.
Thailand’s Chapchai Nirat, a three-time Asian Tour winner, signed for a 68 to take a share of third place with defending champion Bernd Wiesberger of Austria, Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond, India’s Sujjan Singh as well as Australia’s Jake Higginbottom and  Cameron Smith who graduated from Qualifying School earlier this year.

  FIRST-ROUND LEADERBOARD

   Par 72. Yardage: 7,340

67 Nicholas FUNG (MAS), Anthony KANG (USA).

68 Chapchai NIRAT (THA), Cameron SMITH (AUS), Jazz JANEWATTANANOND (THA), Bernd WIESBERGER (AUT), Jake HIGGINBOTTOM (AUS), Sujjan SINGH (IND).

69 WANG Jeung-hun (SKOR), Richard T. LEE (CAN), Marcus BOTH (AUS), Danny CHIA (MAS), LEE Tae-hee (SKOR), Chan KIM (USA), Adilson DA SILVA (BRA), Wolmer MURILLO (VEN).

70 KIM Tae-woo (SKOR), Gunn CHAROENKUL (THA), Carlos PIGEM (ESP), Berry HENSON (USA), LU Wen-teh (TPE), Boonchu RUANGKIT (THA), Sutijet KOORATANAPISAN (THA), Miguel TABUENA (PHI), Wasin SRIPATTRANUSORN (THA), Poom SAKSANSIN (THA), LIN Wen-tang (TPE), Rashid KHAN (IND), Arnond VONGVANIJ (THA), Arjun ATWAL (IND), Anirban LAHIRI (IND), Jason KNUTZON (USA), Rahil GANGJEE (IND).

 

Selected scores

71 Kiradech APHIBARNRAT (THA), Thongchai JAIDEE (THA), Mardan MAMAT (SIN)
72 James Byrne (Scotland), Louis Oosthuizen (S Africa).

74 Victor Dubuisson (Fra), Garrick Porteous (Eng), Steve Lewton (Eng)
77 Simon Griffiths (Eng)
80 Guy Woodman (Eng).