Gavin Moynihan looked set for his first sub-70 round for four months before he dropped three shots in his last three holes at the wind-blown SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge in Aviemore.

Bar his unofficial GolfSixes win with Paul Dunne last month, the Dubliner (23) hasn’t made a cheque in 13 starts since he won his European Tour card at the Qualifying School last November.

With 12 missed cuts on all tours and one withdrawal due to a shoulder injury, he could do with a confidence-boosting day soon.

And he looked to have found some momentum in Scotland, where he followed an early bogey at his second hole with four birdies to move up to fourth behind Law.

But he double-bogeyed his 16th hole and then bogeyed the last in tough conditions, carding a 72 that left him tied for 20th with Derry’s Ruaidhri McGee on level par.

They’re five shots behind Scotland's David Law (27), who made five birdies in an immaculate 66 at MacDonald Spey Valley Golf Club in Aviemore to lead by a shot from Portugal's Pedro Figuerido and Welshman Stuart Manley on five-under.

Scores

Michael Hoey (73), Dermot McElroy (73), Cormac Sharvin (74), Jonathan Caldwell (75) and Gary Hurley (82) completed the scoring for the seven-strong Irish contingent.

In amateur golf, Lisburn’s Josh Black has a four-stroke lead heading into the final round of the Irish U16 Boys Amateur Open Championship at Castle Dargan.

He added a joint best of the day, one-under 71 to his opening 70 to lead on three-under-par 141 from Seapoint's David Keating.

McCarroll aims to pocket Jessie May World Snooker Championship

EuroPro Tour — Brendan McCarroll is tied for the lead heading into the final round of the Jessie May World Snooker Championship at Clevedon.

The Derry man shot a second successive 68 to share top spot with Lindrick's Luke Jackson and Falkirk's Ruan Campbell on eight-under-par.

Whitehead's John Ross Galbraith is lurking just two shots off the pace in fourth after a 70 with Tullamore's Stuart Grehan just four behind on four-under.

Brian Casey, Niall Kearney and Kevin Phelan also make the cut but Luke Donnelly and Stephen McCarthy missed out.

The Jessie May World Snooker Championship. Clevedon Golf Club (Par 72)

Detailed scores

T1 (Eng) Luke Jackson Lindrick -8 70 66 136
T1 Brendan McCarroll West Cliffs -8 68 68 136
T1 (Sco) Ryan Campbell Falkirk -8 65 71 136
T4 John-Ross Galbraith Whitehead -6 68 70 138
T4 (Wal) Owen Edwards The Kendleshire -6 67 71 138
T4 (Eng) Mike Bedford Bramhall Park -6 70 68 138
T4 (Wal) Adam Runcie Abergele -6 70 68 138
T8 (Eng) James Freeman Retford -5 70 69 139
T8 (Eng) Ashley Mansell Clevedon -5 67 72 139
T8 (Eng) Mark Young Longridge -5 67 72 139
T8 (Eng) Ashton Turner Kenwick Park -5 67 72 139
T8 (Eng) Joe Dean Hillsborough -5 71 68 139
T13 Stuart Grehan Unattached -4 68 72 140
T20 Brian Casey Team Ireland -3 73 68 141
T31 Niall Kearney The Royal Dublin -2 70 72 142
T43 Kevin Phelan Waterford Castle -1 71 72 143

Cut (143)

MC Luke Donnelly Mount Juliet Golf Club +2 73 73 146
MC Stephen McCarthy Black Bush Golf Club +3 75 72 147

O'Rourke seven back

Alps Tour — Naas' Conor O'Rourke is tied for 32nd after opening with a level par 71 in the Open de la Mirabelle d'Or.

Stephen Grant (72), Tommy O'Driscoll (74), David Carey (77), Michael Dallat (79) and amateur Eamonn O'Driscoll (83) completed the Irish scoring.

Scores