Moriarty slips to sixth in Saint-Omer Open as Dinwiddie hits the front

IRELAND’S Colm Moriarty, who topped the Saint-Omer Open leaderboard alongside Martin Wiegele overnight, hit a disappointing two-over-par 73 to finish in joint sixth, three shots adrift of England’s Robert Dinwiddie in France yesterday.

Dinwiddie fired a superb six-under-par 65 to take a one-shot lead over Austria’s Wiegele heading into the third round of the

Dinwiddie, the current Challenge Tour leader, is trying to win a place on the European Tour next season and admitted it was difficult keeping the importance of the tournament from his mind.