Kearney slips back in France

Leader Sihwan Kim of Korea. Picture ©GettyImagesBogeys are killers on the Challenge Tour and Niall Kearney made two and seven pars as he managed just nine holes in the third round of the weather-delayed Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge in France.

As a result, the Dubliner plummeted 32 places down the leaderboard to joint 44th on seven under par, 12 strokes adrift of leader Sihwan Kim. Leaderboard

The Korean took advantage of a window of fine weather to establish a five stroke advantage before thunderstorms halted play for the day

He carded birdies at the third and fourth holes, before an eagle two at the seventh saw him reach 19 under par through eight holes at Golf PGA France du Vaudreuil.

Kim was heading down the ninth hole when the threat of storms became too great, and just 25 minutes after the players were chaperoned from the course, a particularly violent storm came straight through the venue, producing strong winds and rain that left the course unplayable for the rest of the day.

Alone in second place, behind Kim, having just turned for home in the third round is Adrian Otaegui. The Spaniard posted four red figures and a single dropped shot en route to a score of three under on Saturday to move to 14 under par.

Meanwhile a shot further back in a tie for third is Edouard Espana, who is playing with Kim in the final group, alongside Duncan Stewart, Paul Maddy and Ben Evans.

Ballyliffins’ Brendan McCarroll missed the four under halfway cut by a stroke when the second round was eventually completed on Saturday morning, adding a 73 to his first round 68 as Kearney went 67-68.

Play will resume in the third round on Sunday morning from 8am, and there will be no redraw ahead of the final 18 holes as the field attempt to catch the charging Kim.

Scores after round 2:

129 S Kim (Kor) 65 64,

130 E Espana (Fra) 64 66, D Frittelli (RSA) 64 66,

132 D Stewart (Sco) 66 66, C Kim (USA) 67 65,

133 A Johnston (Eng) 64 69, D Huizing (Ned) 61 72, A Otaegui (Esp) 68 65,

134 J Barnes (Eng) 63 71, J Lima (Por) 65 69, L Weber (Fra) 64 70,

135 B Paolini (USA) 69 66, J Carlsson (Swe) 68 67, N Kearney (Irl) 67 68,

136 J Gibb (Eng) 71 65, F Calmels (Fra) 64 72, W Besseling (Ned) 68 68, B Hebert (Fra) 66 70, J Heath (Eng) 69 67, J Gressier (Fra) 70 66, J Fahrbring (Swe) 66 70, L Kennedy (Eng) 68 68, M Jonzon (Swe) 68 68,

137 P Archer (Eng) 70 67, A Velasco (Esp) 66 71, R Quiros (Esp) 66 71, H Joannes (Bel) 67 70, J McLeary (Sco) 68 69, C Russo (Fra) 67 70, S Garcia Rodriguez (Esp) 66 71, P Maddy (Eng) 67 70,

138 M Ford (Eng) 71 67, B Evans (Eng) 69 69, B An (Kor) 68 70, S Hutsby (Eng) 69 69, M Bey (Fra) 69 69, M Rominger (Sui) 70 68, M Zions (Aus) 69 69, R Steiner (Aut) 69 69, J Legarrea (Esp) 69 69, J Howarth (Eng) 70 68,

139 J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 72 67, R Marguery (Fra) 65 74, J Jeong (Kor) 71 68, S Tiley (Eng) 71 68, L Goddard (Eng) 69 70, S Fallon (Eng) 69 70, B Chapellan (Fra) 69 70, T Murray (Eng) 69 70, O Whiteley (Eng) 68 71, J Abbott (Eng) 70 69, S Piaget (Mon) 70 69, M Haastrup (Den) 71 68, C Sordet (am) (Fra) 70 69,

140 T Haylock (Eng) 70 70, L Canter (Eng) 69 71, J Dantorp (Swe) 70 70, G Stal (Fra) 70 70, R Russell (Sco) 69 71, J Mikkelsen (Nor) 72 68, D Ulrich (Sui) 69 71, G Murray (Sco) 71 69, G Cambis (Fra) 71 69, A Bernadet (Fra) 69 71,

CUT

141 B Nicolay (Fra) 73 68, D Kemmer (USA) 73 68, B McCarroll (Irl) 68 73, L Corfield (Eng) 68 73, J Lopez Lazaro (Fra) 72 69, A Mörk (Fra) 69 72, K Borsheim (Nor) 66 75, D Salisbury (Eng) 70 71, J Pastor Lopez (Esp) 71 70, P Edberg (Swe) 73 68, J Belot (Fra) 72 69, D Geminiani (Ita) 73 68, G Houston (Wal) 70 71, B Ritthammer (Ger) 74 67, S Brown (Eng) 70 71, S Manley (Wal) 73 68, A Saddier (Fra) 72 69,

142 J Timmis (Eng) 72 70, T Fournier (Fra) 69 73, E Dubois (Fra) 71 71, D Perrier (Fra) 71 71, D Nouailhac (Fra) 69 73, X Poncelet (Fra) 71 71, J Foret (Fra) 73 69,

143 A Gee (Eng) 71 72, N Lemke (Swe) 69 74, J Remesy (Fra) 70 73, P Peracino (Fra) 68 75, K Ferrie (Eng) 72 71, J Moul (Eng) 73 70, S Gros (Fra) 72 71, O Wilson (Eng) 75 68, S Walker (Eng) 72 71, P Dwyer (Eng) 68 75, D Im (USA) 72 71,

144 O Farr (Wal) 75 69, C Hanson (Eng) 73 71, T Nørret (Den) 72 72, A Domingo (Esp) 69 75, N Peyrichou (Fra) 72 72, W Booth (Sco) 69 75, A Hortal (Esp) 72 72, T Linard (Fra) 71 73, J Ruth (Eng) 72 72, J Guerrier (Fra) 73 71, O Rozner (Fra) 75 69, L Bjerregaard (Den) 77 67, N Quintarelli (Ita) 73 71, P Barjon (am) (Fra) 77 67,

145 R Schneider (Fra) 72 73, J Hepworth (Eng) 72 73, T Hatton (Eng) 74 71, C Brazillier (Fra) 75 70, V Riu (Fra) 75 70, C Aguilar (Esp) 73 72, M Brier (Aut) 71 74, T Beaucousin (am) (Fra) 75 70,

146 S Arnold (Aus) 74 72, J Watts (Eng) 75 71, D Palm (Swe) 75 71, F Bergamaschi (Ita) 72 74,

147 M Quiros (Esp) 71 76, A Rota (Ita) 72 75, D Vancsik (Arg) 73 74, R Bechu (Fra) 73 74,

** N Joakimides (Fra) 75 WD,

147 T Elissalde (am) (Fra) 75 72,

148 F Marty (Fra) 73 75, A Schwartz (Fra) 71 77, F Abadie (Fra) 75 73, J Verselin (Fra) 76 72, N Meitinger (Ger) 72 76, R Davies (Wal) 76 72, P Figueiredo (Por) 74 74,

149 D Griffiths (Eng) 75 74, F Colombo (Ita) 75 74,

150 N Tacher (Fra) 74 76,

151 M Haines (Eng) 71 80, L Saltman (Sco) 76 75, K Le Sager (Fra) 73 78,

152 O Nier (Fra) 80 72,

153 S Whiffin (Eng) 76 77,

155 R Berrube (Fra) 75 80,

 ** C Ford (Eng) 75 RT, R Dinwiddie (Eng) 72 RT, F Delamontagne (Fra) 76 RT, N Bertasio (Ita) 77 RT, A McArthur (Sco) 76 WD, J Grillon (Fra) 77 RT, P Relecom (Bel) 75 RT, A Perrino (Ita) 71 RT, A Bihan (Fra) 80 WD,