Galway Golf Club’s Liam Nolan is just three shots off the lead on 8 under par after his second round the Danish Golf Challenge on the Hotel Planner Tour. Nolan shot a second round 70 to add to his opening round of 66, and sits just 3 shots behind the leaders who are on 11 under. Another Galway golfer, Ronan Mullarney has missed the cut on level par.
Meanwhile, Galway golfer Joe Lyons will look to upset home hopeful David Mulholland with the pair tied for the lead heading into the third and final round of the Irish Senior Men’s Amateur Open Championship in Castlerock Golf Club in Northern Ireland. The two-time Irish Seniors Men's Amateur Close Champion was first out yesterday morning and after a phenomenal front nine he closed out his round for a 65, ten shots better than his opening round on Wednesday. It leaves Lyons on six-under, alongside Mulholland, who finished with a 71 after his first round 69.
Lyons finished T5 in last year’s Irish Seniors Men's Amateur Open and he will go into the final round here full of confidence, following a round which included eight birdies in his opening 13 holes. “I was delighted but it’s a funny game, I didn’t play a whole lot better today than I did yesterday,” said Lyons. “I was playing with some demons in my head today but I managed to conquer them for the most part. What was very important, the very first hole I hit a weak second shot and it spun off the green. I putt it and left it about ten feet short. I thought, here we go but I holed for par. I missed a good birdie chance on two but I hit a good putt and didn’t mind so much. And then I was just off the back edge of three, the Par 5, in two. A nice up and down for birdie. Hit a lovely tee shot into the Par 3 fourth to about eight feet and holed the putt for birdie and then two really good shots into five, two-putt birdie there as well. A bit of momentum early on and just sort of rode that for the rest of the round, hit a lot of good shots.” Lyons had made the best of the better conditions on Thursday morning, he was in scintillating form with three birdies in-a-row between three and five. He had two more on his front nine and further birdies on 10, 11 and 13. He parred his way in for a sublime 65 and while others gave chase in the afternoon, no one could register a better tally.
