Shane Lowry is just four shots off the pace after a second round of five-under 67 at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Friday.
The Offaly native followed up four birdies and a bogey on the front nine with a bogey on the 10th hole, an eagle on the Par 5 12th, before another bogey on the 14th. He settled to birdie two of his final four holes.
Also on six under is John Murphy, the 22 year-old Kinsale golfer was three under for his second round. Northern Ireland’s Michael Hoey was just one stroke off the first round leaders on Thursday but he carded a disappointing three over par 75 on the Old Course at St Andrews. That leaves him four under par overall. Paul Dunne also hit a disappointing 75, leaving him two under par.
Twice winner Tyrrell Hatton overcame three bogeys on a frustrating back nine to card a two-under 70 and take a one-shot lead into the weekend.
The Englishman started the day at eight-under and looked in control with two early birdies before tough windy conditions saw him bogey the 10th, 13th and 16th holes at Kingsbarns, ending the day on 10-under for the tournament.
Compatriot Daniel Gavins sank an eagle on the par-five 14th to move into second place with a four-under 68 at Carnoustie, while former Masters champion Danny Willett made the most of a lightning start - two birdies and an eagle in his first three holes - to stand two shots back following a round of 69.
The championship is being held across three courses in rotation over the opening three days - the Old Course at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns - with the final round to be played at St Andrews.
Tommy Fleetwood, who played alongside Hatton in Europe’s Ryder Cup defeat at Whistling Straits last week, carded a one-under 71 that tied him for fifth at seven-under.
Collated second round scores and totals (British unless stated, Irish in bold, Par 72)
134 Tyrrell Hatton 64 70
135 Daniel Gavins 67 68
136 Danny Willett 67 69, Haotong Li (Chn) 64 72
137 Tommy Fleetwood 66 71, Jeff Winther (Den) 66 71
138 Shane Lowry (Irl) 71 67, Deyen Lawson (Aus) 70 68, Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den) 70 68, Renato Paratore (Ita) 70 68, Ewen Ferguson 65 73, John Murphy (Irl) 69 69, Alexander Noren (Swe) 70 68, Matthieu Pavon (Fra) 68 70, Oliver Fisher 68 70
139 Dean Burmester (Rsa) 70 69, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 64 75, Stephen Gallacher 71 68, Eddie Pepperell 68 71, Matthias Schmid (Ger) 71 68, Richie Ramsay 67 72, Joakim Lagergren (Swe) 67 72
140 Yi-Keun Chang (Kor) 67 73, Lucas Bjerregaard (Den) 70 70, John Catlin (USA) 68 72, Adrian Otaegui (Spa) 67 73, Guido Migliozzi (Ita) 68 72, Laurie Canter 67 73, Troy Merritt (USA) 67 73, Adria Arnaus (Spa) 64 76, Michael Hoey (Irl) 65 75
141 Rhys Enoch 72 69, Scott Hend (Aus) 69 72, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 69 72, Rafael Cabrera (Spa) 68 73, Richard Bland 69 72, Romain Langasque (Fra) 65 76, Wilco Nienaber (Rsa) 71 70, Nino Bertasio (Ita) 67 74, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 69 72
142 Billy Horschel (USA) 69 73, Sebastian Soederberg (Swe) 68 74, Kristoffer Broberg (Swe) 71 71, Calum Hill 73 69, Ross McGowan 71 71, Thomas Pieters (Bel) 72 70, Marcel Siem (Ger) 71 71, Ben Jones 70 72, Paul Dunne (Irl) 67 75, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 68 74, Julian Suri (USA) 69 73, David Horsey 73 69
143 Brett Rankin (Aus) 71 72, Brandon Stone (Rsa) 69 74, Jorge Campillo (Spa) 70 73, Tom Lewis 68 75, Alexander Bjoerk (Swe) 74 69, Alexander Levy (Fra) 67 76, Mac Meissner (USA) 72 71, Joe Long 74 69, Matthew Southgate 70 73, Jordan Smith 70 73, Oliver Wilson 69 74, Chris Paisley 70 73, Justin Walters (Rsa) 71 72, David Drysdale 71 72, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 70 73, Joel Stalter (Fra) 70 73, Jack Senior 68 75
144 Min-Woo Lee (Aus) 71 73, Bryden MacPherson (Aus) 73 71, Berry Henson (USA) 67 77, Branden Grace (Rsa) 70 74, Sami Valimaki (Fin) 71 73, Victor Perez (Fra) 71 73, Justin Harding (Rsa) 69 75, Richard McEvoy 72 72, Marcus Armitage 69 75, Antoine Rozner (Fra) 72 72, Joachim B. Hansen (Den) 72 72, Callum Shinkwin 72 72, Sam Horsfield 69 75, David Law 68 76, M. J. Daffue (Rsa) 70 74, Matty Lamb 71 73, Kalle Samooja (Fin) 75 69, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 70 74, Luke Donald 72 72, Marc Warren 73 71
145 George Coetzee (Rsa) 71 74, Masahiro Kawamura (Jpn) 70 75, Johannes Veerman (USA) 69 76, Steven Brown 69 76, Ignacio Elvira (Spa) 73 72, Andy Sullivan 73 72, Ben Schmidt 72 73, Ross Fisher 74 71, Soeren Kjeldsen (Den) 71 74, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 71 74
146 Ryan Fox (Nzl) 75 71, Daniel van Tonder (Rsa) 70 76, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 71 75, Thorbjoern Olesen (Den) 72 74, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 69 77, Grant Forrest 73 73, Robert MacIntyre 69 77, Maverick Antcliff (Aus) 68 78, Connor Syme 71 75, Jacques Kruyswijk (Rsa) 73 73, Wil Besseling (Ned) 68 78, Louis de Jager (Rsa) 70 76, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71 75, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 74 72, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 71 75, Thomas Detry (Bel) 72 74, Zander Lombard (Rsa) 70 76, Gavin Green (Mal) 69 77, Scott Jamieson 77 69, Victor Dubuisson (Fra) 72 74, Haydn Porteous (Rsa) 69 77, James Morrison 71 75
147 Travis Smyth (Aus) 72 75, Jason Scrivener (Aus) 74 73, Chris Wood 74 73, Graeme Storm 73 74, Santiago Tarrio (Spa) 73 74, Angus Flanagan 70 77, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 72 75, Maximilian Kieffer (Ger) 72 75, Peter Hanson (Swe) 78 69, Matthew Jordan 72 75, Cormac Sharvin (Irl) 75 72
148 Josh Geary (Nzl) 70 78, Dimitrios Papadatos (Aus) 70 78, Jaco Ahlers (Rsa) 72 76, Thriston Lawrence (Rsa) 72 76, Tae-Hee Lee (Kor) 73 75, Ajeetesh Sandhu (Ind) 71 77, Paul Waring 71 77, Javier Ballesteros (Spa) 74 74, Shubhankar Sharma (Ind) 70 78, Adrian Meronk (Pol) 74 74, Robin Roussel (Fra) 77 71
149 Neil Schietekat (Rsa) 73 76, Jazz Janewattananond (Tha) 66 83, Jamie Donaldson 71 78, Francesco Laporta (Ita) 77 72
150 Marcus Kinhult (Swe) 75 75, Joost Luiten (Ned) 68 82, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 75 75, Ashley Chesters 72 78, Tapio Pulkkanen (Fin) 75 75, Robert Rock 71 79, Ricardo Santos (Por) 72 78
151 Denzel Ieremia (Nzl) 76 75, Jack Dyer 74 77
153 Jonathan Caldwell (Irl) 72 81, Vincent Norrman (Swe) 77 76
154 Russell Chrystie 78 76
155 Martin Rohwer (Rsa) 75 80, Toto Thimba Jr. (Rsa) 78 77, Suradit Yongcharoenchai (Tha) 77 78, David Howell 76 79
157 Ruan Conradie (Rsa) 79 78
158 Adilson Da Silva (Bra) 78 80, Andrea Pavan (Ita) 74 84
163 Thomas Bjorn (Den) 76 87
