Another Oscar-winning performance from                Sweden's Lengden in Ireland ?

EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS Sweden's Oscar Lengden, pictured above in action today, strengthened his position at the top of the Irish Challenge hosted by Mount Wolseley Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort, Ireland leaderboard after a second successive round of 68 took him three shots clear of the field at the halfway stage. No player has won back-to-back European Challenge Tour events since Kristoffer Broberg in 2012 but Lengden, winner of last week’s Bridgestone Challenge, looked to be in winning form once again as he reached eight under par overall. The Swede won twice on the Nordic Golf League last year on his way to securing promotion to the Road to Oman and will have to lead from the front if he is to match that tally with a second win this week, in contrast to his late surge in England last Sunday. “It’s an interesting situation,” said the 25 year old. “I’m not a huge fan of being hunted by other players but I will accept that competition and I will do my best." Behind him is his compatriot Jérôme Lando Casanova after he too shot a 68 to move to four under par, alongside England’s Steven Brown, showing the form that took him to third place last week. On Irish soil, Dubliner David Carey and Ardglass’ Cormac Sharvin lead the charge on one under par, with Ruaidhri McGee of Derry one shot further back. The Irish story of the day, however, belonged to Mark Power, the 17 year old amateur from Kilkenny who had to take two days off school to compete in the tournament. Having opened with an 83, Power was 16 shots better today, his 67 the lowest round of the week – matched by Mathieu Fenasse later in the afternoon – but unfortunately not quite enough for him to make the cut, which fell at three over par, with 61 players surviving for the weekend. Scores after Round Two: par 144 (2x72) 136 O Lengden (Swe) 68 68 139 J Guerrier (Fra) 71 68 140 J Lando Casanova (Fra) 72 68, S Brown (Eng) 72 68 141 M Madsen (Denmark) 72 69, O Lindell (Finland) 72 69, K Samooja (Finland) 73 68, J Arnoy (Norway) 73 68, M Fenasse (Fra) 74 67, R Saxton (Netherlands) 73 68 142 J Dantorp (Swe) 74 68, C Braeunig (Ger) 72 70, J Sarasti (Spn) 72 70 143 C Sordet (Fra) 72 71, C Sharvin (NIre) 75 68, M Baldwin (Eng) 71 72, D Carey (Ire) 72 71, J Van Der Vaart (Netherlands) 73 70, M Trappel (Austria) 74 69, G Forrest (Sco) 70 73, N Von Dellingshausen (Ger) 73 70 144 D Law (Sco) 70 74, G Schoeb (Fra) 71 73, G Boyd (Eng) 72 72, D Van Driel (Netherlands) 70 74, C Ford (Eng) 70 74, M Nixon (Eng) 74 70, D Fox (Australia) 74 70, R McGee (Ire) 75 69, E Cuartero Blanco (Spn) 75 69 145 A Kristiansen (Norway) 73 72, B Hellgren (Swe) 75 70, R Kellett (Sco) 75 70, T Santos Silva (Portugal) 75 70, J Wrisdale (Eng) 74 71, A Wennstam (Swe) 76 69 146 H Smart (Eng) 75 71, A Bernadet (Fra) 73 73, M Wolf (Ger) 74 72, J McLeary (Sco) 77 69, J Vecchi Fossa (Ita) 69 77, J Harrison (Eng) 75 71, P Martin Benavides (Spn) 76 70, F Maccario (Ita) 71 75, M Laskey (Wales) 72 74, W Enefer (Eng) 74 72, T Perrot (Fra) 74 72, H Joannes (Belgium) 72 74, B Paolini (USA) 77 69 147 C Selfridge (NIre) 75 72, N Johansson (Swe) 77 70, L Johnson (Eng) 76 71, L Nemecz (Austria) 76 71, N Lindstrom (Swe) 72 75, G King (Eng) 73 74, O Rozner (Fra) 74 73, R McCarthy (Australia) 72 75, J Makitalo (Finland) 75 72, M Ovesen (Denmark) 72 75, B Poke (Denmark) 74 73, P Eriksson (Swe) 75 72 MISSED THE CUT 148 T Murray (Eng) 76 72, D Boote (Wales) 76 72, M Iten (Switz) 75 73, D Gaunt (Australia) 74 74, C O'Rourke (Ire) 74 74, J Maw (Eng) 74 74, J Mullen (Eng) 73 75, J Kunzenbacher (Ger) 73 75, C Koepka (USA) 72 76, M Orrin (Eng) 71 77 149 B Eccles (Australia) 80 69, A Pavan (Ita) 78 71, B Hafthorsson (Iceland) 78 71, N McCarthy (Eng) 78 71, L Robinson (Eng) 77 72, S Grehan (am) (Ire) 76 73, R Enoch (Wales) 75 74, J McDonald (Sco) 75 74, L Acikalin (am) (Turkey) 74 75, G Moynihan (Ire) 74 75, T Shadbolt (Eng) 74 75, N O'Briain (Ire) 74 75 150 M Power (am) (Ire) 83 67, J Senior (Eng) 79 71, F Bergamaschi (Ita) 77 73, M Perry (NZ) 77 73, H Casey (Eng) 76 74, R Kilpatrick (NIre) 76 74, T Lawrence (SAf) 76 74 151 G Watremez (Belgium) 79 72, J Allan (Eng) 78 73, M Decottignies-Lafon (Fra) 78 73, C Sutherland (Sco) 78 73, R Dawson (am) (Ire) 77 74, J Carlota (Por) 77 74, R McNamara (Ire) 76 75, A Zemmer (Ita) 76 75, K Johannessen (Norway) 75 76, C Del Moral (Spn) 73 78 152 K Phelan (Ire) 81 71, S Ward (Ire) 80 72, G Hurley (Ire) 79 73, M McGeady (Ire) 77 75, H Rönneblad (Swe) 77 75, S Jeppesen (Swe) 76 76, J Godwin (Eng) 76 76, D Loftus (Ire) 72 80 153 B Neil (Sco) 82 71, H Bjornstad (Norway) 78 75, B Rusch (Switz) 78 75, R Davies (Wales) 76 77, 154 C Mivis (Belgium) 82 72, M Mohr (Eng) 82 72, C Campbell Jnr (am) (Ire) 80 74, P Tarver-Jones (Eng) 80 74, S Piaget (Mon) 80 74, B Easton (SAf) 80 74, M Laier (Ger) 79 75, L Galliano (Switz) 79 75, A Bolognesi (Ita) 78 76, P Howard (Eng) 78 76, J Doherty (Sco) 77 77, J Bower (Eng) 73 81 155 R James (Wales) 83 72, M O'Mahony (Ire) 81 74, F Daux (Fra) 79 76 156 M Haastrup (Denmark) 83 73, J Ramos (Portugal) 79 77, G Piris Mateu (Spn) 79 77, N Cunningham (Eng) 77 79, M Collins (Eng) 73 83 157 M Lampert (Ger) 81 76, J Osorio Valencia (Spn) 80 77, P Imondi (USA) 79 78, B Robinson (Eng) 78 79, D Osorio (Spn) 77 80 158 L Buijs (Netherlands) 83 75, P Kinnear (Eng) 83 75, T Cruz (Por) 81 77, 160 M Murphy (Ire) 82 78  161 C Crowley (Ire) 82 79, R Caron (Netherlands) 81 80, 163 J Friesz (Slovakia) 85 78  166 L Zenere (Ita) 87 79 168 J Hopkins (Ire) 79 89 172 O Telli (am) (Turkey) 87 85 176 M Berniere (Fra) 89 87 ** P Gal (Cze) 81 WD, M Søgaard (Den) RT 0, K Le Blanc (Irl) RT 0

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