Golf: Ireland fail to impress on day two in Japan

Ireland have fallen down the leaderboard at the World Cup in Japan after carding a level-par second round this morning.

The Irish duo of Padraig Harrington and Paul McGinley, who won this competition in 1997, were in fifth place overnight, two shots off the pace, after starting with an eight under par 64 yesterday.

However, they are now seven shots behind leaders New Zealand, who are on 15 under at the halfway stage.

Defending champions USA are five shots off the lead on 10 under par.