ASIAN TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL
MONTROSE MAN BOOSTS CHANCES OF
ADVANCING IN MALAYSIA
Montrose man Graeme Brown boosted his chances of advancing to next week’s Final Stage with a third-round 70 for a five-under-par tally of 211 at the Tanjong Puteri’s Village course in the Asian Tour’s Qualifying School Stage 1 competition in Malaysia.
Scotland amateur cap Brown is tied for third place, four shots behind leader American Eric Wang on nine-under-par 207 at this venue.
Murray Urquhart from Inverness, also playing at the Village course, had a 72 for level par 216 and is in joint 16th place with seven other players.
Only the leading 14 and ties from each of the four venues will go forward to next week’s final elminator.
Former Scottish amateur champion Barry Hume from Glasgow is tied ninth on seven-under-par 209 after a third-round 73 at the Palm Resort Golf & Country Club’s Allamanda course. He is five shots behind leader Kevin Stone Australia.
Lee Rhind from Uphall) is in joint 23rd place at the Palm Resort’s Cempaka course. He had a 72 for one-over-par 217.
The Doherty brothers, Paul and Jack, have the misfortune to be playing at the Straits course, Tanjong Puteri, where the standard of scoring is the highest in depth of the four venues.
Paul, the younger Doherty and a former Scottish boys’ match-play champion, is on three-under-par 213 after a third-round but that is only good enough to put him in joint 39th place behind three players tieing for the lead at 11-under-par 205.
Jack, also based at Vale of Glamorgan, is sharing 61st place on one-over 217 after a 72.
Some players have still to finish their third rounds before the decisive fourth round.
ALLAMANDA
204 Kevin Stone (Aus) 72 65 67.
Other score:
207 Barry Hume (Sco) 66 70 73 (joint 9th).
CEMPAKA
203 Michael Wright (Aus) 68 67 68.
Other score:
217 Lee Rhind (Sco) 73 72 72 (joint 23rd).
VILLAGE
207 Eric Wang (US) 72 70 65.
210 Sushi Ishigaki (Jap) 73 68 69.
211 Graeme Brown (Sco) 72 69 70, Kane Webber (Aus) 73 70 68.
Other scores:
216 Murray Urquhart (Sco) 74 72 70 (joint 16th).
STRAITS
205 Masayohi Nakayama (Jap) v69 71 65, Mats Pilo (Swe) 71 68 66, Yuuki Satsu (Jap) 68 71 67.
Other scores:
213 Paul Doherty (Sco) 71 72 70 (joint 39th).
217 Jack Doherty (Sco) 73 72 72 (joint 61st).
ADVANCING IN MALAYSIA
Montrose man Graeme Brown boosted his chances of advancing to next week’s Final Stage with a third-round 70 for a five-under-par tally of 211 at the Tanjong Puteri’s Village course in the Asian Tour’s Qualifying School Stage 1 competition in Malaysia.
Scotland amateur cap Brown is tied for third place, four shots behind leader American Eric Wang on nine-under-par 207 at this venue.
Murray Urquhart from Inverness, also playing at the Village course, had a 72 for level par 216 and is in joint 16th place with seven other players.
Only the leading 14 and ties from each of the four venues will go forward to next week’s final elminator.
Former Scottish amateur champion Barry Hume from Glasgow is tied ninth on seven-under-par 209 after a third-round 73 at the Palm Resort Golf & Country Club’s Allamanda course. He is five shots behind leader Kevin Stone Australia.
Lee Rhind from Uphall) is in joint 23rd place at the Palm Resort’s Cempaka course. He had a 72 for one-over-par 217.
The Doherty brothers, Paul and Jack, have the misfortune to be playing at the Straits course, Tanjong Puteri, where the standard of scoring is the highest in depth of the four venues.
Paul, the younger Doherty and a former Scottish boys’ match-play champion, is on three-under-par 213 after a third-round but that is only good enough to put him in joint 39th place behind three players tieing for the lead at 11-under-par 205.
Jack, also based at Vale of Glamorgan, is sharing 61st place on one-over 217 after a 72.
Some players have still to finish their third rounds before the decisive fourth round.
ALLAMANDA
204 Kevin Stone (Aus) 72 65 67.
Other score:
207 Barry Hume (Sco) 66 70 73 (joint 9th).
CEMPAKA
203 Michael Wright (Aus) 68 67 68.
Other score:
217 Lee Rhind (Sco) 73 72 72 (joint 23rd).
VILLAGE
207 Eric Wang (US) 72 70 65.
210 Sushi Ishigaki (Jap) 73 68 69.
211 Graeme Brown (Sco) 72 69 70, Kane Webber (Aus) 73 70 68.
Other scores:
216 Murray Urquhart (Sco) 74 72 70 (joint 16th).
STRAITS
205 Masayohi Nakayama (Jap) v69 71 65, Mats Pilo (Swe) 71 68 66, Yuuki Satsu (Jap) 68 71 67.
Other scores:
213 Paul Doherty (Sco) 71 72 70 (joint 39th).
217 Jack Doherty (Sco) 73 72 72 (joint 61st).
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