SCOT BRUCE LYING JOINT SECOND IN IRISH SENIORS

Edzell's Keith Bruce is lying joint second, three shots off the pace, after two rounds of the Irish senior men's amateur open championship at Malone Golf Club.
Keith has put together rounds of 73 and 76 for 149.
The second round was played in a stiff wind.
Leader is Irishman Michael Quirke (Duneraile) with scores of 70 and 76 for 146. Another Irishman, Tom Tyrrell (The Heath) is sharing second place with Bruce after rounds of 74-75.
 Four Scots in all have made it through to Friday's third and final round - Callander's Gordon MacDonald (82-74) on 156, the same total as Derek Murphy (Kinross) (78-78) and James Kinloch (Cardross) on 160 (82-78). James

QUALIFIERS FOR FINAL ROUND

146 M Quirke (Doneraile) 70 76

149 T Tyrrell (The Heath) 74 75, K Bruce (Scotland) 73 76

150 M Kelly (Killeen) 76 74, B Hargraves (USA) 75 75

151 R Sharp (Mourne) 76 75

152 R McDowell (Royal Belfast) 78 74, B Stewart (Scotland) 77 75, A Stracey (England) 77 75

153 A Morrow (Portmarnock) 80 73, J Sutton (Isle of Man) 79 74, D O'Donovan (Bandon) 78 75, M Eager (Lucan) 76 77

154 T Hayes (K Club) 82 72, M Coote (Tralee) 79 75, A Lilley (Ballyclare) 76 78

155 A Carman (England) 80 75, D Lane (England) 78 77, R Brooker (Skerries) 76 79, T Patterson (England) 75 80

156 G MacDonald (Scotland) 82 74, I Southgate (England) 80 76, B O'Malley (The Royal Dublin) 79 77, D Cameron (England) 79 77, T Cleary (Cork) 78 78, D Murphy (Scotland) 78 78

157 M Ahern (Skerries) 81 76, E McMenamin (Ballybofey and Stranorlar) 79 78, N Patterson (Milltown) 79 78, T Gray (Jersey) 78 79, A Pierse (Tipperary) 76 81, B Campbell (England) 76 81, R Berry (Rossmore) 74 83

158 J Ambridge (England) 81 77, H Mackeown (Portmarnock) 78 80, D Conway (Portmarnock) 77 81, G McGimpsey (Bangor) 76 82, B Donlon (Birr) 74 84

159 A McLure (England) 78 81, J Carroll (Bandon) 77 82

160 D Kempner (USA) 83 77, J Kinloch (Scotland) 82 78, B Kissock (Bangor) 81 79, H Smyth (Mourne) 81 79, J Johnston (USA) 80 80, B Brennan (Malone) 78 82, T Goode (Lucan) 78 82, S Fawcett (England) 78 82, D Morris (Limerick) 78 82

161 B Mills (Clandeboye) 84 77, E Crawford (Mourne) 82 79

MISSED THE CUT

161 L MacNamara (Rosslare) 81 80, N Finnegan (Gort) 80 81, J Gilbert (Malone) 80 81, B Grieve (Scotland) 78 83, P Graham (England) 77 84

162 F Hansen (Denmark) 84 78, J Mitchell (Tramore) 82 80, M Martin (Clandeboye) 81 81, I Smyth (Clandeboye) 80 82, R Timlin (Galway) 80 82, F Jules (USA) 79 83

163 S Pond (England) 83 80, W Miscampbell (Malone) 82 81, T Lilly (Slade Valley) 82 81, S McParland (Greenore) 81 82, D Corcoran (Thurles) 81 82, G Finn (Cork) 80 83, J Cullen (Esker Hills) 79 84

164 T Brown (England) 83 81, J Dempsey (Curragh) 82 82, M Temple (USA) 81 83, B McDonnell (K Club) 80 84

165 B Mitchell (Scotland) 85 80, B McCarroll (North West) 84 81, L Gort (Isle of Man) 83 82, K Stevenson (Warrenpoint) 82 83, R Fitzgerald (Tramore) 82 83, M Darcy (Oughterard) 81 84

166 P Cooley (Portstewart) 89 77, S Sander (USA) 85 81, G Rees (Wales) 84 82, J Verner (Clandeboye) 83 83

167 J O'Grady (K Club) 84 83, A Smith (Blainroe) 84 83, D Cunningham (Royal Belfast) 84 83, R Sloan (Carnalea) 81 86, R Jordan (USA) 79 88, P Comerford (Corrstown) 79 88

168 J Paton (Scotland) 87 81, D Weekes (Dunmurry) 86 82, D McCart (Scotland) 85 83, R Cotter (Delgany) 85 83, J Browne (Belvoir Park) 85 83, A Donkersley (England) 84 84, A Brewer (England) 82 86, L Troy (Thurles) 81 87, B Downing (England) 81 87

169 B Edgar (Scotland) 85 84, P O'Kane (USA) 83 86, V Smyth (Co. Louth) 82 87

170 I Stewart (Scotland) 87 83, P Lynch (Slade Valley) 86 84, M Sauter (Germany) 86 84, D McHugh (Douglas) 86 84, A Campbell (Massereene) 84 86, N Mannion (Dun Laoghaire) 84 86, K O'Mahony (Galway) 83 87, J Malone (USA) 83 87

171 I Brown (Castleblayney) 86 85, S Hosty (Galway) 84 87, K Lapsley (Dunfanaghy) 83 88

172 B McCarroll (Ballyliffin) 93 79, J Armstrong (Greenisland) 89 83, N Woods (Bangor) 88 84, I Jeen (Scotland) 87 85, B Saathoff (USA) 87 85, S Jeffers (Isle of Man) 86 86

173 P Kinloch (Scotland) 88 85

174 M Donohue (Portumna) 89 85, P Hautz (Delgany) 85 89

176 J Monahan (USA) 90 86

177 K Murray (Tramore) 87 90

178 S Lynch (England) 96 82

NR J Hansen (Denmark) 97 NR 

RTD G Parkhill (Larne) 82 RTD, T Walinski (USA) 84 RTD

WD N O'Byrne (England) 87 WD