Shaw just four adrift in Finland

Gareth Shaw during the Irish Open at Carton House. Picture Phos Caffrey/www.golffile.ieGareth Shaw continued his fine run of form with a bogey free 68 in the Finnish Challenge at Kytäjä Golf near Helsinki.

The Galgorm Castle touring professional is in an 18-man group tied for 22nd on four under - four stokes behind Korea’s Sihwan Kim, who continued his hot streak with a 64 giving him a share of the lead with Sweden’s Niklas Lemke.

Kim’s runner-up finish at the Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge last week, where he was leading after the second and third rounds, rounded off a stunning July for the 24 year old as he recorded a third top-five in four tournaments, finishing top 20 in the other.

Shaw has also been in top form, soaring to 127th in the Race to Dubai standings thanks to a fifth place finish in the Irish Open and a share of 13th in the Open de France the following week.

It was more of a struggle for the other two Irishmen in the field with Peter O’Keeffe tied for 119th after a one over 73 and Stephen Grant 154th after a 77.

Scores

64 N Lemke (Swe), S Kim (Kor) ,

65 S Manley (Wal), D Stewart (Sco), B Stone (RSA), J Fahrbring (Swe), T Hatton (Eng) ,

66 R Kakko  (Fin), C Kim (USA), J Guerrier  (Fra), W Besseling  (Ned), M Tullo (Chi), E Myllymaki (am) (Fin) ,

67 L Kennedy  (Eng), K Borsheim  (Nor), D Huizing (Ned), L Goddard  (Eng), P Erofejeff (Fin), A Velasco (Esp), J Elson  (Eng), T Bakker (am) (Fin) ,

68 D Brooks (Eng), A Johnston (Eng), D Geminiani (Ita), P Maddy (Eng), R Dinwiddie  (Eng), R Saxton (Ned), G Shaw (Nir), A Engell  (Nor), A Hortal  (Esp), J Lima  (Por), B Ritthammer (Ger), A Ahokas (Fin), F Calmels  (Fra), H Joannes  (Bel), N Elvira  (Esp), R Steiner (Aut), S Little (Eng) ,

69 J Granberg  (Fin), C Aguilar  (Esp), G Cambis  (Fra), S Hutsby  (Eng), J Huldahl (Den), A Pavan (Ita), J McLeary  (Sco), L Bjerregaard  (Den), O Bekker (RSA), B Chapellan (Fra), B Etchart  (Esp), J Barnes (Eng), T Pieters  (Bel), E Bertheussen (Nor), R Davies (Wal), M Kuronen (am) (Fin) ,

70 J Gibb (Eng), C Pigem (Esp), M Trappel  (Aut), G Stal  (Fra), P Figueiredo  (Por), M Crespi  (Ita), R Mattila (Fin), J Lando Casanova  (Fra), R Kellett (Sco), E Espana (Fra), D Im (USA), O Wilson (Eng), N Meitinger  (Ger), D Perrier (Fra), M Ford (Eng), D Ulrich (Sui), P Archer (Eng), H Satama (Fin), S Kapur (Ind), G Boyd  (Eng), A Bernadet  (Fra), P Widegren  (Swe), D Frittelli (RSA), N Dougherty  (Eng), A McArthur  (Sco) ,

71 C Brazillier  (Fra), F Praegant (Aut), A Domingo (Esp), S Benson (Eng), R Russell (Sco), P Oriol (Esp), H Porteous (RSA), J Glennemo (Swe), J Howarth (Eng), R Prophet (Eng), N Ravano (Ita), J Dantorp (Swe), J Kaske (Fin), A Forsyth (Sco), T Murray (Eng), S Walker (Eng), D Palm (Swe), M Korhonen (Fin), S Piaget  (Mon), M Salminen (Fin), V Riu  (Fra), J Makitalo  (Fin), L Saltman (Sco), A Otaegui  (Esp) ,

72 M Haastrup  (Den), P Dwyer (Eng), T Remkes (Ned), D Wuensche  (Ger), C Macaulay  (Sco), T Tuovinen  (Fin), M Novy  (Cze), J Mikkelsen (Nor), K Samooja (Fin), B Parker  (Eng), B Hebert  (Fra), J Carlsson (Swe), Å Nilsson (Swe), A Eckhardt (am) (Fin), J Kahlos (am) (Fin) ,

73 F Bergamaschi (Ita), N Dahlgren (Fin), E Dubois (Fra), P O’Keeffe  (Irl), F De Vries  (Ned), R Quiros  (Esp), J Mommo  (Fin), M Zions (Aus), F Colombo (Ita), J Sandelin (Swe), C Ford (Eng), W Booth  (Sco) ,

74 O Jarvi (Fin), J Senior (Eng), A Perrino  (Ita), J Garcia Pinto (Esp), M Lampert (Ger) ,

75 J Timmis (Eng), A Bossert (Sui), T Nørret (Den), S Matus  (Cze), J Abbott (Eng), T Pulkkanen  (Fin), I Korvenmaa (Fin), T Pilkadaris (Aus), G Murray  (Sco), D Vancsik (Arg), A Rota (Ita), J Heath  (Eng) ,

76 A Gee  (Eng), G Houston (Wal), M Nichols (Eng), D Griffiths  (Eng), R McGowan  (Eng), T Toivonen (am) (Fin) ,

77 S Grant  (Irl) ,

80 F Svanberg  (Sui) ,

85 Y Kafelnikov (Rus) ,