Dermot McElroy is hoping his driver warms up this weekend after he performed his first ten holes in a blistering seven-under within the Indoor Golf Group Problem in Sweden.
The Ballymena man (31) birdied the primary, second, third, fifth, seventh and ninth to exit in 29 earlier than making one other birdie on the tenth to go seven-under for the day.
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An excellent-low spherical beckoned, however admittedly struggled along with his driver; he bogeyed the eleventh, double-bogeyed the twelfth and dropped one other shot on the sixteenth earlier than making birdie finally.
All of it added as much as a four-under 67 that left McElroy in an eight-way tie for second place on six-under at Landeryds Golfklubb’s Vesterby Hyperlinks, simply two photographs behind house participant Mikael Lindberg, who shot 67.
“I used to be cruising,” McElroy mentioned. “I used to be taking part in nice golf, seven beneath by means of ten. I’ve been scuffling with my driver a wee bit, however you possibly can hit a whole lot of irons on the entrance 9.
“My iron play’s been nice, simply the again 9 my driver was fairly poor.
“I putted very well. I used to be hitting it shut, however I used to be holing the putts as effectively, which is all the time good to see. The greens are clearly wonderful right here, they’re very superb.
“I used to be very pleased with how I used to be taking part in, however then the driving holes, the motive force crept in, and I hit some terrible tee photographs.
“I misplaced a ball on 12, which wasn’t good, however I hit a great drive down the final, after which I had an iron in and made a birdie there.
“General, for the quantity of dangerous tee photographs I hit on the again 9, 4 beneath was okay. However seven beneath after ten, you’re clearly pondering a pair extra and also you by no means know.”
McElroy is discovering type on the proper time along with his latest tie for fourth within the Scottish Problem shifting him inside the highest 90 within the Highway To Mallorca standings, thus securing his exemption into the Second Stage of the Qualifying Faculty.
“I undoubtedly suppose my iron play is absolutely good in the mean time,” he mentioned. “I had every week off final week as a result of it was 4 in a row earlier than that, however coming into this week, my iron play remains to be fairly good.
“I’m holing much more putts. As soon as I get my driver sorted, with the mix of all of it, I’ll be in prime type.”
Jonathan Caldwell shot a one-over 72 to slide to tied twenty second on three-under with Conor O’Rourke thirty ninth on one-under after a 70.
However the remainder of the Irish missed the extent par lower, with Conor Purcell, ranked fourth after his win within the NI Open, projected to fall from eighth to ninth within the standings.
The Portmarnock man shot a 73 to complete on two-over alongside Mark Energy, who shot 74.
Alex Maguire added a 70 to his opening 78 to overlook out on six-over.
