Tight finish at Irish Open

Eight players were separated by just one stroke after the overnight leaders all had early bogey trouble in the Nissan Irish Open at Portmarnock today.

David Lynn and Thomas Bjorn both three-putted the first and Michael Campbell did the same on the second.

Swede Robert Karlsson took over at the top, only to bogey the fifth himself. As a result they were all nine under along with Australian Peter Lonard, one ahead of Greg Owen, Peter Hedblom and Sven Struver.