Lowry still in contention at Memorial Tournament
Shane Lowry remains in the hunt at the Memorial Tournament after shooting even par in the second round of action on Friday.
The 72 score leaves him four shots off the lead held by Nick Taylor and Ben Griffin, at seven under, with two rounds left to play.
As the sole Irish representative at the tournament due to Rory McIlroy skipping this weekend's action, Irish hopes lie on him to perform in Muirfield Village, Ohio.
Four straight pars into a bogey on the fifth threatened to derail his challenge early one, but he birdied the ninth to remain even par on the front nine.
The eleventh was kinder to the Clara man on Friday than on his first round on Thursday where he bogeyed the par 5, birdieing on Friday to go one under.
However he would not remain under par for long as he would find water at the next tee to bogey the twelfth.
Canada's Taylor joined Griffin of the US in the lead at the halfway mark of the Memorial Tournament after the American could only manage even par on Friday.
Griffin held a two-stroke lead heading into the second round, but split a single birdie and bogey with 16 pars to card a 72.
Taylor meanwhile improved on an opening-round 69, picking up four birdies to take a share of the lead with a four under 68.
The pair head into the weekend tied on seven under par, two shots ahead of Akshay Bhatia.
World number one Scottie Scheffler sits a shot further back after carding a second-straight round of 70.
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