Kingston leads by six

Yangon, February 26, 2000:

South African James Kingston opened up a
commanding six stroke lead in the US$200,000 London Myanmar Open to put
himself on the brink of his third victory on the Davidoff Tour.

Kingston carded a third round five-under-par 67 at Yangon Golf Club to lead
on 14-under-par 202 from India's Jyoti Randhawa, who came in with a 69.
Myanmar's Kyi Hla Han, playing on the course where he played as a teenager,
gave himself an outside chance of winning after returning a 68 to lie in
third place, eight behind Kingston, along with American Mike Cunning and
South African Craig Kamps.

Kingston's previous victory on the Davidoff Tour came in last year's
Maekyung Daks Open in Korea where he beat Han in a play-off.
The South African led the Maekyung event from start to finish, before Han
caught him on the 72nd, and he has been in front in Myanmar since his first
round course record of 64.

"I don't know what the secret is at the moment. I am just trying to keep
the ball in play. I just have to do the same thing tomorrow," said
Kingston, who also won the Thailand Open in 1998. The 34 year old has only
made three bogies in three rounds and stretched his lead at the top today by
birdieing 13, 14, 16 and 17.

Randhawa, who last year successfully defended his Hero Honda Masters crown
in Delhi, stopped Kingston getting too far ahead by birdieing 14, 16 and 17.
"The course is very similar to some of the layouts back home in India so I
feel comfortable playing. It's all up to James (Kingston) now though. A
steady round should see him through," said Randhawa. Han, last year's
Davidoff Order of Merit winner, was just three behind Kingston at one stage
after playing the front nine in four-under-par 32. He then birdied the 10th
to raise the hopes of the home fans but slipped back with bogies on 13 and
15.

"I had a great start but played the last six holes poorly. I thought I was
going to shoot something lower. I'll need to shoot a 66 tomorrow but it's
going to be tough with James playing so well," said Han, who played
regularly at Yangon Golf Club between the ages of 15 and 20 and won the club
championship.

Hong Kong's Scott Rowe, who triple bogied the first hole, finished with a 73
and is tied for sixth with India's Gaurav Ghei on four under for the
Davidoff Tour event.

Leading Scores

202 James Kingston (RSA) (64, 71, 67)

208 Jyoti Randhawa (IND) (67, 72, 69)

210 Mike Cunning (USA) (70, 67, 73), Craig Kamps (RSA) (72, 67, 71), Kyi Hla
Han (MYN) (70, 72, 68)

212 Scott Rowe (HKG) (68, 71, 73), Gaurav Ghei (IND) (67, 73, 72

213 Kenny Druce (AUS) (74, 68, 71), Lu Wen-teh (TWN) (71, 69, 73), Jim
Rutledge (CAN) (72, 74, 67)

214 Arden Knoll (CAN) (74, 69, 71)

215 Clay Devers (USA) (71, 70, 74), Aaron Meeks (USA) (74, 72, 69), Charlie
Wi (KOR) (71, 72, 72), Gerald Rosales (PHI) (71, 73, 71)