Kinsale golfer John Murphy and Shane Lowry enter top-10 at Dunhill Links Championship

John Murphy. File photo: AP/Brynn Anderson

Kinsale golfer John Murphy has climbed into contention at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, moving alongside Shane Lowry into a tie for seventh at the halfway stage.

Murphy could not have faced a much tougher test as he played the famously difficult Carnoustie on day one and then faced high winds at Kingsbarns on day two.