James Byrne now T13 at Sarawak Championship

  ASIAN DEVELOPMENT TOUR NEWS RELEASE

Sarawak, Borneo: Panuwat Muenlek of Thailand took a step closer towards earning an Asian Tour card after sharing the third round lead with Mathiam Keyser of South Africa at the PGM MNRB Sarawak Championship today.

Panuwat, a two-time Asian Development Tour (ADT) winner this year, needs one more victory to earn playing rights on the region’s premier Tour for the remainder of the 2016 season.

He fired a one-under-par 71 to tie for the lead with Keyser (70), who is searching for his first victory in Asia, on six-under-par 210 at the RM200,000 (approximately US$46,600) ADT event. 

Danny Masrin of Indonesia and Nirun Sae-Ueng of Thailand were a further shot back in tied third place while overnight leader Micah Lauren Shin slipped to fifth place following a 76. He is bunched up alongside Pannakorn Uthaipas of Thailand, Koh Deng Shan of Singapore and Rick Kulacz of Australia on 212.

James Byrne from Banchory is now T13 after rounds of 76, 70 and 71 for 217.

The ADT will reward the top-five finishers on the Order of Merit at the end of this season with Asian Tour cards for 2017.

  

Leading third-round scores:

  par 216 (3x72)

210 - Mathiam KEYSER (RSA) 70 70 70, Panuwat MUENLEK (THA) 69 70 71

211 - Danny MASRIN (INA) 70 69 72, Nirun SAE-UENG (THA) 67 71 73

212 - KOH Deng Shan (SIN) 74 68 70, Rick KULACZ (AUS) 69 72 71, Pannakorn UTHAIPAS (THA) 75 70 67, Micah Lauren SHIN (USA) 68 68 76

214 - Suradit YONGCHAROENCHAI (THA) 70 74 70, Quincy QUEK (SIN) 74 66 74

215 - Mitchell SLORACH (SIN) 73 70 72, Hans JAMIL (MAS) 74 68 73

217 - KHOR Kheng Hwai (MAS) 72 70 75, LIU Yan-wei (CHN) 71 73 73, CHOO Tze Huang (SIN) 76 71 70, Josh SALAH (USA) 74 73 70, Abel TAM (MAS) 70 75 72, Oskar ARVIDSSON (SWE) 69 71 77, James BYRNE (SCO) 76 70 71

218 - Arie Irawan (MAS) 74 70 74, HSIEH Chi-hsien (TWN) 73 72 73, Darren TAN (AUS) 69 71 78

219 - John Michael O'TOOLE (USA) 72 71 76, Baxter REEVES (USA) 69 75 75, Rizal AMIN (MAS) 73 73 73, Johannes VEERMAN (USA) 73 73 73, Mohd Iylia JAMIL (MAS) 74 71 74

220 - Brandon LAU Ka Kin (MAS) 73 70 77, Motonari NAKAGAWA (JPN) 76 72 72, Shaifubari MUDA (MAS) 72 78 70, Sukree OTHMAN (MAS) 74 73 73, M. Sasidaran (MAS) 71 75 74

221 - James BOWEN (USA) 76 72 73, Annop TANGKAMOLPRASERT (THA) 71 73 77, Pijit PETCHKASEM (THA) 71 74 76, Blake SNYDER (USA) 74 72 75

222 - Wilson CHOO (MAS) 72 76 74

 

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