Lombard leads but it’s anyone’s ball game

Get set for a wild ride at Lahinch this weekend as the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open heads into today’s third round with the title race wide open and a host of contenders still in the frame.

While Thursday’s opening round gave us the feelgood story of veteran major champion Pádraig Harrington firing a course-record 63 in the Co Clare sunshine, this famous west-coast links bit back yesterday and left the tournament with a crowded leaderboard, 36 golfers within six shots of midway leader Zander Lombard of South Africa.