Missed putts no bother for leader Sean Towndrow after cancer battle

A missed four-footer means nothing when you’ve been out for a year battling lymphatic cancer.

Just ask Southport and Ainsdale’s Sean Towndrow, who shrugged off a short birdie miss on the 18th and added a 70 to his opening 69 for a share of the halfway lead with South Africa’s Kyle McClatchie in the Flogas Irish Amateur Open at Royal County Down.

The towering England international, a semi-finalist in the British Amateur at Royal Portrush three years ago, was more than pleased to join McClatchie in a one-stroke lead over the field on three-under par 139.