THERE is a delightfully green hue to the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the Andalucia Masters at Valderrama, with the final match in today’s third round involving Ireland’s Graeme McDowell and Gareth Maybin.

NOBODY was as surprised as Shane Lowry when he shot 62 in the second round of the 2009 3 Irish Open on the way to a sensational victory at Baltray.