McIlroy struggles at Irish Amateur Open

Rory McIlroy was frustrated with his finish as Banbridge’s Richard Kilpatrick grabbed a share of the halfway lead in the AIB Irish Amateur Open at Royal Dublin.

Kilpatrick, 25, fired a one-under up par 71 to tie with reigning US Amateur champion Richie Ramsay (72) and Welshman Rhys Enoch (73) on one-over par 145.

McIlroy drove into the hazard at the 18th and ran up a bogey five for a 74 that left him two off the pace entering Sunday's final 36 holes.

The Island’s Robert McCarthy sits alone in fourth place on two over par after a 72 with McIlroy in a share of fifth place with Limerick's Pat Murray and the Finn Joonas Granberg on three-over par.

“It is just very frustrating,” said McIlroy, who had five bogeys and three birdies in his round. “I am probably being a little impatient to be honest but I should be playing better.”

Joint leader Ramsay, the winner of this title in 2005, was also disappointed with his score after getting to three-under par for his round with seven holes to play.

"I could have opened up a slight lead but I didn't finish it off,” said Ramsay. “By my standards that is not good enough. I am not out there to be content."

AIB Irish Amateur Open, Royal Dublin, after 36 holes

145 R Kilpatrick (Banbridge) 74 71, R Ramsay (Scotland) 73 72, R Enoch (Wales) 72 73

146 R McCarthy (The Island) 74 72

147 P Murray (Limerick) 75 72, R McIlroy (Holywood) 73 74, J Granberg (Finland) 72 75

148 N Grant (Knock) 75 73, J Caldwell (Clandeboye) 74 74

149 R Kellett (Scotland) 80 69, E Richardson (England) 76 73, S Henry (Scotland) 76 73, Z Gould (Wales) 76 73, P Cutler (Portstewart) 75 74, R Bechu (France) 74 75, P Figueiredo (Portugal) 74 75, P O'Hara (Scotland) 74 75, L Saltman (Scotland) 72 77, M Novy (Czech Republic)

71 78

150 M Thistleton (England) 79 71, D Lernihan (Castle/UCD) 78 72, M Armitage (England) 78 72, A Runcie (Wales) 78 72, D Leathem (Lisburn) 77 73, M Veijalainen (Finland) 76 74, K Le Sager (France) 75 75, B Fotheringham (Scotland) 75 75, R Thuillier (France) 75 75, B Walton

(The Island/UCD) 74 76, G Campbell (Scotland) 74 76, R Zwahlen (France) 73 77, K McNicoll (Scotland) 72 78

151 S Lowry (UCD/Esker Hills) 79 72, D Morgan (Mullingar) 79 72, A Hogan (Newlands/UCD) 77 74, C Macaulay (Scotland) 76 75, R McKnight (Scotland) 75 76, C Doran (Banbridge) 74 77, N Edwards (Wales) 74 77

152 S McEwan (Scotland) 79 73, J McGinn (Laytown & Bettystown) 77 75, N Kearney (Royal Dublin) 77 75, X Poncelet (France) 76 76, L Lennox (Moyola Park) 74 78, C Geraghty (England) 74 78, J Morris (Rosslare) 73 79

(Non-qualifiers)

153 G Carew (Edenderry) 81 72, C Cousins (Wales) 80 73, M Gaynor (USA) 77 76, P McLean (Scotland) 77 76, J Carvill (Warrenpoint) 77 76, B Evans (England) 76 77

154 T Sistonen (Finland) 81 73, B Norton (U.S.A.) 79 75, M Sinclair (Knock) 78 76, G O'Neill (Jersey) 78 76, R Thomas (Wales) 77 77, L Allen (England) 76 78, S McAllister (Scotland) 74 80

155 S Grant (Birr) 82 73, P O'Hanlon (Curragh) 82 73, M Barbosa (USA) 81 74, W Rieder (Austria) 79 76, S Ward (Co Louth) 78 77, J Lyons (Galway) 78 77, B Westgate (England) 77 78, B Grace (South

Africa) 76 79, G Cambis (France) 76 79, K McAlpine (Scotland) 73 82

156 E O'Connell (The Fox Club) 80 76, M McCoy (U.S.A.) 80 76, J Smedley (England) 79 77, G Lawlor (Citywest) 77 79, A McCloy (Ballymena) 76 80, Z Saltman (Scotland) 76 80

157 R Boal (Scrabo) 84 73, M O'Sullivan (Stow Acres) 81 76, S Kindsted (Finland) 80 77, A Rosado (Portugal) 77 80

158 N Catesson (France) 83 75, C Vance (England) 80 78, S Doherty (Malone) 79 79, T Ortner (Austria) 78 80,

J Savolampi (Finland) 77 81

159 W McCully (Donaghadee) 86 73, M Salminen (Finland) 82 77, J Dale (England) 81 78, E McAnoy (Knock) 79 80, A Ross (Canada) 77 82

160 N Henriques (Portugal) 80 80, B Jones (England) 80 80

161 R Merchant (Wales) 89 72, A Fadel (USA) 86 75, A Gabella Wenne (Sweden) 85 76, B Kosmin (France) 85 76, E Saxel (England) 83 78, J Pernaa (Finland) 79 82, J Guillet (France) 79 82

162 C Mivis (Belgium) 83 79, T Halpen (Canada) 81 81, S Archibald

(England) 81 81

163 C Scotto (France) 86 77, J Vickery (Wales) 83 80, E Mercadier (France) 81 82, L Matthews (Wales) 80 83, R McNamara (Headfort) 78 85

164 P Nelson (South Africa) 82 82

166 K Hammer (U.S.A.) 84 82, N Kirchner (Austria) 83 83, J Haglund (Finland) 80 86

167 T Wyatt (U.S.A.) 87 80

168 R Leonard (Banbridge) 81 87

169 S O'Brien (U.S.A.) 82 87

171 C Levitte (France) 90 81, J Shufflebotham (Wales) 89 82

172 N Tyry (Finland) 88 84

174 T McGowan (Strandhill) 88 86

179 R Maunder (England) 93 86

NR R Cannon (L'town & B'town) 77 NR DQ E O'Sullivan (The Island) 78 DQ