Irish populate top of K Club leaderboard

There is a strongly Irish flavour to the leaderboard at the Smurfit European Open at the K Club.

Ireland's Damien McGrane and Darren Clarke are part of a five-way tie for second place after leader Thomas Bjorn.

Both are on -4 after six and four holes respectively.

Meanwhile, Gary Murphy leads the chasing pack after 11 holes on -3, tied in seventh place.

Latest leaderboard:

1 BJÖRN -5 1

T2 BRIER -4 5

T2 CLARKE -4 4

T2 HANSEN -4 3

T2 McGRANE -4 6

T2 STORM -4 3

T7 DELAMONTAGNE -3 5

T7 DONALDSON -3 1

T7 GOOSEN -3 5

T7 LOMAS -3 3