Niall Turner shot a flawless 66 in the second round of the Great National Hotels Irish Masters at Ballykisteen today. Turner had four birdies on the front nine and added two more at the 11th and 13th. Surprisingly though the long hitter from Waterfall couldn’t add to his haul on the two closing par fives. Despite that Turner should be happy, he goes into tomorrow’s final round on -11, with a one shot lead over English duo Jack Harrison and Ben Robinson.
“All parts of my game have been pretty good so far,” said Turner. “If you drive it nicely out here you have a lot of short irons in. I have driven well so far and my wedges have been good so I have given myself a lot of birdie chances.
“This is my first time at Ballykisteen – it is a really enjoyable course to play and it is in great condition. It will probably be similar scoring tomorrow. If you get to 16 or 17 under that would be tough to beat but there is a very low one out there so you are going to need to keep making birdies.”
David Higgins also had six birdies but the Waterville man had two bogies and signed for a 68. He’s tied for 16th place, five behind the leader on -6. Monkstown’s Cian McNamara dropped back after is one under a 71. Despite five birdies in six holes on his front nine, he dropped for shots. Although he’s safely inside the cut mark, he’s seven off the lead and will be hoping for a good day tomorrow to earn a decent cheque.
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