Rosses Point bared its fangs as a southerly wind gusting over 30mph at times sent scores soaring in the second qualifying round for the Connolly’s Audi West of Ireland Amateur Open at County Sligo.
Dundalk’s Caolan Rafferty made the most of the fine but breezy early conditions and added a two-over 73 to his opening 65 to remain out in front with a round to go in the 54-hole strokeplay test to find the top 16 who qualify for the matchplay stages from Monday.
The former Walker Cup player mixed 17 pars with a double-bogey six at the 14th to head the field by three strokes from Roscommon …

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