Wales’ Tomi Bowen will take a four-shot lead into the final round of the Flogas Irish Men’s Amateur Open Championship after carding a record-breaking 10-under 62 at The Island Golf Club on a day which saw the amateur course record broken on three occasions.

He’ll likely have to win more than one championship but former Walker Cup player Caolan Rafferty will be looking to give the R&A selectors some food for thought in his limited starts this summer after snatching the halfway lead in the Flogas Irish Amateur Open at The Island.

Dundalk’s Caolan Rafferty leads the home challenge after the opening round of the Flogas Irish Amateur Open at The Island.