County Sligo’s TJ Ford shot rounds of 71 and 70 to share the 36-hole lead with Carton Home’s Keith Egan and Naas’ James O’Rourke within the C2O Group Munster Stroke Play Championship at Cork Golf Membership.
They lead on three-under from Co Louth’s Stuart Grehan, Mitchelstown’s Dean O’Riordan, Edmondstown’s Lorcan O’Connor and Dundak’s Eoin Murphy on three-under par.
Egan shot 67 and O’Rourke a 68 to hitch Ford within the lead as Grehan double bogeyed the sixteenth to hitch O’Riordan (69), O’Connor (72) and Murphy (70) in a tie for fourth on two-under.
Knock’s Ross Lattimer, Castleknock’s David Reddan, Irish Boys champion John Doyle from Fota Island and Carton Home’s David Flynn had been a shot additional again, simply two pictures off the lead on one-under.
Defending champion Paul Coughlan added a 69 to his opening 76 to lurk simply 4 pictures off the lead on one-over.
Within the Lytham Trophy, Matt McClean (five-over 145), Luke O’Neill (six-over), David Kitt (seven-over), Aodhagan Brady (seven-over). Caolan Rafferty (eight-over) and Thomas Abom (eight-over) made the reduce at Royal Lytham and St Annes.
McClean was eight pictures behind Italy’s Michele Ferrero, who led by two pictures on three-under from Oliver Caton and Wales’ Matt Roberts,.
