MCELHINNEY IN CONTENTION FOR EUROPRO WIN.

Donegal man,Brian McElhinney moved himself into contention for the final round of THE BROOKS BROTHERS CLASSIC at FIVE LAKES GOLF CLUB in ESSEX with a second round of 66-5.
McElhinney took advantage of the calm early morning conditions to reach the turn with 4 birdies.On the back nine he had one bogey and 2 birdies to move into 2nd place and only one shot behind the leader,Paul Reed who shot 71,66 -5.
Brian has won on the Europro tour over the last few years and even though he hasn't been in contention this year he will know how to handle the pressure.

Barrie Trainor made his 6th cut from 7 outings on his first year on the Europro tour when he hit scores of 74,71 to join Stephen Grant 71,74 on +3.Daniel Sugrue recovered from an opening 76 to make the cut on +5 after a 71.Richard Kilpatrick had a first round 71 and was cruising until making a triple bogey towards the end of his round. He finished on the cut mark after a 76.Brendan McCarroll made the cut on the mark as well with a 75,72+5.The other 6 Irish failed to make the cut.

IRISH SCORES.
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BRIAN MCELHINNEY 72/66 -4.
BARRIE TRAINOR 74/71,STEPHEN GRANT 71/74 +3.
RICHARD KILPATRICK 71/76,BRENDAN MCCARROLL 75/72,DANIEL SUGRUE 76/71 +5.
MISSED CUT----------------------------------------
TIM RICE 75/75 +8
JONATHAN MALLON 75/76,MICHAEL LAVELLE 79/72 +9.
JUSTIN KEHOE 80/74 +12.
MICHAEL MCDERMOTT 88/73 +19.
GER HALL 76/86 +20.