JAMES BYRNE LYING JOINT THIRD AT KUALA LUMPUR

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENTAL TOUR

 

Kuala Lumpur, November 9: Chinese Taipei duo Chang Tse-peng and Hsu Mong-nan held the second round clubhouse lead after another weather-hit day at the PGM-MIDF-KLGCC Masters on Friday.

Chang and Hsu fired matching one-under-par 70s to lead with their two-day total of four-under-par 138 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club’s East course in the RM180,000 (approximately US$60,000) Asian Development Tour tournament, which is the penultimate leg for the 2012 season.

Malaysia’s challenge was carried by R. Nachimuthu, who fired a 72 to trail in joint third place on 140 alongside Scotland's James Byrne and Canadian Lindsay Renolds.

Byrne, a 2011 Walker Cup star for GB and I, fired a solid 69 to stay in contention while Renolds carded a second successive 70 to keep alive his hopes for a maiden victory on the ADT, which is the secondary circuit run by the Asian Tour.
The Banchory man, winner of the 2012 Northern Open at Meldrum House, finished in the ADT event's top 10 last week.

Malaysian amateur Low Khai Jei continued to show his growing potential with a 70 for a 143 total to lie five shots back with two rounds to play. He is tied alongside Thailand’s Tommy Mansuwan who also carded a 70 in his second round.

Play was suspended at 2.10pm for slightly over two hours due to an afternoon thunderstorm and after a brief resumption of play, the second round was stopped for the day following another weather disruption.

All the afternoon session players of the second round will resume play at 7.20am on Saturday with first round leader Brian Locke of the United States and Malaysian Ian Steele amongst those to finish their rounds.

Leading second round scores

Par 142 (2x71)

138: CHANG Tse-peng (TPE) 68-70, HSU Mong-nan (TPE) 68-70

140: R. Nachimuthu (MAS) 68- 72, James BYRNE (SCO) 71-69, Lindsay RENOLDS (CAN)70-70

143: LOW Khai Jei (MAS – am) 73-70, Tommy MANSUWAN (THA) 73-70

144: LEE Kuan-hung (TPE) 69-75, Mhark FERNANDO(PHI) 71-73

145: LEE Cho-chuan (TPE) 75-70, Jeremiah KIM (MAS) 74-71

146: Rizal AMIN (MAS) 68-78, Sukree OTHMAN (MAS) 72-74, Mohamad Azman BASHARUDIN (MAS) 76-70, KAO Shang-hung (TPE)        75-71