Padraig Harrington was left to rue a disastrous finish to his round earlier which saw him spurn a chance to lead into the weekend at the Irish Open.

Instead the 2007 winner is on 2-under par at Royal County Down, which is just a shot off the group of five leaders: Soren Kjeldsen, Richie Ramsay, Chris Wood, Tyrrell Hatton and Bernd Wiesberger.

Of the other Irish players today, Paul McGinley is on 3-over par after a 73 today, while Shane Lowry finished on 4-over par despite playing most of his round without a putter.

Simon Thornton, Darren Clarke and Graeme McDowell also made it into the weekend field after finishing on 5-over par.

Rory McIlroy failed to overturn a poor opening day yesterday as he missed the cut.