Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry both remain in contention after their second rounds of the Irish Open despite failing to take full advantage of the benign conditions at Royal County Down.
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry remain in contention after their second rounds of the Irish Open despite failing to take full advantage of the benign conditions at Royal County Down.
At five under, English pair Laurie Canter and Todd Clements are Manassero's closest challengers while Spain's Alejandro Del Rey is alongside McIlroy having reached eight under before plummeting back to the field with a quadruple bogey eight on the 15th. Having birdied 16, 17 and 18 on Thursday, McIlroy had to settle for three pars on Friday but he prompted a huge roar from the crowd with an eagle at the first, made possible by a booming 333-yard drive down the fairway.That was as good as it got for the 35-year-old, though. A bogey five at the fifth after finding trouble off the tee brought him back to four under but he is primed to be a central protagonist over the weekend.
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