MICHAEL HOEY and Justin Kehoe were the only surviving Irishmen at the halfway stage of the European Challenge Tour's Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata.

WHILE European Challenge Tour No 1 David Higgins plays in the Daily Telegraph Dunlop Masters, the rest of the Challenge Tour’s Irish contingent are in Italy for the XX Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata.