Kris Nicol leading Scot in Irish open amateur championship

FROM THE IRISH GOLF UNION WEBSITE
Moyola Park's Luke Lennox leads the way at the halfway stage of the AIB sponsored Irish Amateur Open Championship at the Royal Dublin Golf Club.
A pair of 73s in extremely testing conditions leaves Lennox two and three strokes ahead, respectively, of fellow National Panel members Connor Doran (Banbridge) and Alan Dunbar (Rathmore).
The three Ulster players will play in the final group for tomorrow's final 36 holes when they will bid to become the first home winner of this championship since Portmarnock's Noel Fox in 2003.
SCOTSWATCH: Fraserburgh's Kris Nicol, runner-up in the Lytham Trophy in Lancashire last weekend, is over in Ireland this weekend and doing almost as well. He is the leading Scot - joint sixth on 150 (four behind the leader) after 36 holes and will tee off in tomorrow's last two rounds in the second last threesome. In all five Scots survived the halfway cut - David Law, Greg Paterson, Ross Kellett, Paul Shields and Kris Nicol.
SECOND-ROUND LEADERS
146 L Lennox (Moyola Park) 73 73.
148 C Doran (Banbridge) 73 75.
149 A Dunbar (Rathmore) 74 75, B Loughrey (England) 73 76k D Kernihan (Galgorm Castle) 72 77.
Scots' scores:
150 K Nicol 78 72 (jt 6th).
153 P Shields 80 73, R Kellett 76 77 (jt 13th).
154 G Paterson 79 75 (jt 20th).
155 D Law 79 77 (jt 29th).
Missed the cut:
156 A Culverwell 77 79.
157 S Borrowman 82 75, C Thomson 77 80, F McKenna 79 78.
159 S Binning 78 81.
160 J White 78 82.
161 P McLean 80 81.
163 J Findlay 84 79.
164 C Robb 80 84.

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DRAW FOR SUNDAY'S ROUNDS
07:30 & 12:30 Nick Grant (Knock), Tommy McGowan (Strandhill), David Law (Scotland).
07:39 & 12:39 Pat Murray (Limerick), Rory Leonard (Banbridge), James Monaghan (The Island) 07:48 & 12:48 Thomas Pieters (Belgium), Paul Dunne (Greystones) Gareth Bohill (Co. Louth) 4 07:57 & 12:57 Thomas Shadbolt (England), Gary McDermott (Co. Sligo) Tiago Rodriques (Portugal).
08:06 & 13:06 James Martin (England) Stephen Moloney (Castletroy) Christopher Mivis (Belgium).
08:15 & 13:15 Michael Durcan (Co. Sligo) Oliver Farr (Wales) Cian Daly (Castletroy).
08:24 & 13:24 Greg Paterson (Scotland) John Morris (Rosslare) Mark Mullen (Wexford)
08:33 & 13:33 Ross Kellett (Scotland) Jim Carvill (Warrenpoint) Josh Evans (England).
08:42 & 13:42 Julien Richelle (Belgium) Paul Shields (Scotland) Dave O'Donovan (Muskerry).
08:51 & 13:51 Jeffrey Hopkins (Skerries) Brendan Walton (The Island) Chris Paisley (England) 09:00 &14:00 Eddie McCormack (Galway) Matthew Southgate (England) Miro Veijalainen (Finland).
09:09 & 14:09 Kris Nicol (Scotland) David Kernohan (Galgorm Castle) Ben Loughrey (England)
09:18 & 14:18 Alan Dunbar (Rathmore) Connor Doran (Banbridge) Luke Lennox (Moyola Park)