Australia`s Blyth On Top At Malaysian Open

Overnight leader and local hero Danny Chia was a further stroke behind after slipping badly with a 74.

Australia's Adam Blyth shot a six-under-par 66 on Saturday to grab a one-stroke lead going into the final round at the $2 million Malaysian Open.

Blyth, chasing a first tour title, fired an eagle on the 13th as he finished on 14-under, just ahead of China's Liang Wenchong and Swede Alexander Noren.

England's Miles Tunnicliff, who recorded the day's best round of 63, was among a group of three players two shots off the lead in the tournament co-sanctioned by the European and Asian Tours.

Overnight leader and local hero Danny Chia was a further stroke behind after slipping badly with a 74.

Blyth, 27, made his professional debut at the tournament in 2005.

"It would mean the world if I can win any tournament, but here would be great," he told reporters. "But it's a long way away and we don't want to get ahead of ourselves."

Liang closed the day with two birdies for a five-under-par 67.

"I was steady off the tee and my putting was also very good," he told reporters.

Noren holed a 30-foot birdie putt at the last to stay in the mix while Prayad Marksaeng, one of the players two shots off the pace, had a chip-in eagle and birdie in his last two holes to keep pace with a card of 65.

Leading SCORES from the Malaysian Open in
Kuala Lumpur after Saturday's third round (par 72):
202 Adam Blyth (Australia)               66 70 66
203 Liang Wenchong (China)               65 71 67

  Alexander Noren (Sweden)             63 71 69
 204 Anthony Kang (U.S.)                  74 66 64

  Prayad Marksaeng (Thailand)          69 70 65

  Miles Tunnicliff (Britain)           71 70 63
 205 Danny Chia (Malaysia)                66 65 74

  Shiv Kapur (India)                   70 69 66
 206 Noh Seung-Yul (South Korea)          62 73 71

  Jyoti Randhawa (India)               71 69 66
 207 Simon Griffiths (Britain)            70 66 71

  Peter Lawrie (Ireland)               72 68 67

  Gareth Maybin (Britain)              69 69 69
 208 Phillip Archer (Britain)             69 69 70

  Scott Barr (Australia)               71 67 70

  Nick Dougherty (Britain)             66 70 72

  Johan Edfors (Sweden)                69 71 68

  Dave Horsey (Britain)                71 68 69

  Stephen Leaney (Australia)           70 69 69