BYRNE OUTSIDE TOP 20 WITH A 71 IN MALAYSIA

James Byrne is lying joint 25th in a field of 139 players at the Asian Development Tour's Putra Masters. The Banchory man shot a one-under-par 71 at Sungai Buloh, Selangor in Malaysia to be four shots behind the joint leaders, R Nachimuthu (Malaysia) and Marda Mamat (Singapore).