Ryder Cup hopeful Robert MacIntyre one shot off Thomas Detry's lead in Dubai

Robert MacIntyre is a shot off the halfway lead in the Omega Dubai Desert Classic (Tim Goode/PA)

Two days after his Ryder Cup prospects were talked up by Europe captain Pádraig Harrington, Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre lived up to the hype in the Omega Dubai Desert Classic.

MacIntyre added a second round of 68 to his opening 67 at Emirates Golf Club for a halfway total of nine under par, a shot behind Belgium’s Thomas Detry.