Richard Bland has dropped out of the top ten of the Malaysian Open after today’s third round of the tournament.

The Stoneham player shot a one-over-par round of 73 at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club this morning to slip back to five-under for the tournament.

He now stands tied 18th ahead of tomorrow’s final round.

Bland is 12 strokes behind leader Bernd Wiesberger, who blitzed the course with a nine-birdie 63 to move ahead of second round leader Lee Westwood, but well within touching distance of the top ten.