Moran just four behind in Portugal despite late bogeys

Castle’s Robert Moran is well-placed in the Portuguese Amateur Championship at halfway. Picture by Pat Cashman

Castle’s Robert Moran is just four shots off the lead at halfway in the Portuguese International Amateur Championship at Montado Hotel & Golf Resort.

The Dubliner made five birdies and a bogey to get to eight-under with two holes to play but while he bogeyed the 17th and 18th to add a 70 to his opening 68, he’s tied for 13th on six-under and well placed heading into the last two rounds.

Spain’s Alvaro Hernandez Cabezuela and Norway’s Herman Wibe Sekne carded six-under 66s to lead by a shot from Germany’s Luc Breuer on 10-under.

Waterford’s Eanna Griffin fell back to tied 28th on four-under after a 72 but Castleknock’s Paul Coughlan improved to tied 67th on two-over after a 70.

Lisburn’s Aaron Marshall shot 72 and Holywood’s Rory Williamson a 74 to leave them 96th on six-over.

Forrest Little’s Jack McDonnell is 101st on seven-over after a 78 with Michael Young also shooting 78 to finish on 11-over.

The top 40 and ties (three-under at halfway) will make the cut and qualify for Saturday’s final round.

Portuguese International Amateur Championship, Montado Hotel & Golf Resort (Par 72)

Detailed scores

Pos.	Name	Nat.	To PAR	Total	R1	R2
1	Alvaro Hernandez Cabezuela	ESP	-10	134	68	66
1	Herman Wibe Sekne	NOR	-10	134	68	66
3	Luc Breuer	GER	-9	135	67	68
4	Harry Goddard	ENG	-8	136	71	65
4	Stan Kraai	NED	-8	136	70	66
4	Max Brückner	GER	-8	136	70	66
4	Eduard Rousaud	ESP	-8	136	68	68
8	August Høst	DEN	-7	137	69	68
8	Frederik Schott	GER	-7	137	69	68
8	George Burns	SCO	-7	137	68	69
8	Pedro Lencart Silva	POR	-7	137	68	69
8	Joshua Bristow	ENG	-7	137	70	67
13	Robert Moran	IRL	-6	138	68	70
13	Gregorio Alibrandi	ITA	-6	138	70	68
13	Jose Manuel Pardo Benitez	ESP	-6	138	71	67
13	Sam Broadhurst	ENG	-6	138	67	71
13	Charlie Thornton	ENG	-6	138	70	68
13	Daniel Schmieding	GER	-6	138	68	70
19	Thomas Plumb	ENG	-5	139	67	72
19	Jensen Hull	ENG	-5	139	68	71
19	Baard B Skogen	NOR	-5	139	71	68
19	Mason Essam	ENG	-5	139	69	70
19	Rasmus Bofill	DEN	-5	139	70	69
19	Massimiliano Campigli	ITA	-5	139	69	70
19	Lucas Lopes Azinheiro	POR	-5	139	67	72
19	Gonçalo Costa	POR	-5	139	68	71
19	Jaapo Jämsä	FIN	-5	139	67	72
28	Sakke Siltala	FIN	-4	140	70	70
28	Jack Brooks	ENG	-4	140	69	71
28	Eanna Griffin	IRL	-4	140	68	72
28	Malthe Tandrup Laustsen	DEN	-4	140	70	70
28	Brandon Dietzel	GER	-4	140	70	70
28	Jacob Davies	WAL	-4	140	70	70
34	Jorge Maicas	ESP	-3	141	68	73
34	Tom Stagg	ENG	-3	141	68	73
34	Lucas Nicolas Fallotico	ITA	-3	141	71	70
34	Victor H Sidal Svendsen	DEN	-3	141	71	70
34	Jens Kristian Thysted	DEN	-3	141	70	71
34	Sebastian Friedrichsen	DEN	-3	141	70	71
34	Filippo Celli	ITA	-3	141	69	72
34	Maximilian Lechner	AUT	-3	141	68	73
34	Kasper Nyland	DEN	-3	141	70	71
34	Raphael Le Bot	FRA	-3	141	69	72
34	Vasco Manuel Carreira Alves	POR	-3	141	73	68
34	Laurenz Schiergen	GER	-3	141	69	72
46	Gregorio de Leo	ITA	-2	142	70	72
46	Sebastiano Frau	ITA	-2	142	68	74
46	Victor Garcia	ESP	-2	142	70	72
46	Tommaso Zorzetto	ITA	-2	142	74	68
46	Habebul Islam	ENG	-2	142	71	71
46	Alessio Battista	ITA	-2	142	68	74
52	Jacopo Albertoni	ITA	-1	143	72	71
52	Joel Moscatel	ESP	-1	143	74	69
52	Benjamin Reuter	NED	-1	143	71	72
52	Maxence Mugnier	FRA	-1	143	68	75
52	Matt Roberts	WAL	-1	143	68	75
52	Afonso Girão	POR	-1	143	71	72
52	Jamie Mann	SCO	-1	143	72	71
52	Sam Done	ENG	-1	143	70	73
60	Ben Chamberlain	WAL	PAR	144	70	74
60	Frederik Birkelund	DEN	PAR	144	74	70
60	Eemil Alajärvi	FIN	PAR	144	73	71
60	Joe Macilwraith	ENG	PAR	144	71	73
60	Charlie Salter	ENG	PAR	144	70	74
60	James Harrison Cooper	ENG	PAR	144	72	72
60	Callan Barrow	ENG	PAR	144	73	71
67	Clement Guichard	FRA	1	145	71	74
67	João Pinto Basto Jnr	POR	1	145	73	72
67	Matty Lamb	ENG	1	145	71	74
67	Andrea Romano	ITA	1	145	73	72
67	Adrián Mata	ESP	1	145	71	74
67	Daniel da Costa Rodrigues	POR	1	145	77	68
73	Joonas Turba	EST	2	146	73	73
73	Pedro Cruz Silva	POR	2	146	72	74
73	Ben Quinney	ENG	2	146	73	73
73	Asier Aguirre	ESP	2	146	72	74
73	Paul Coughlan	IRL	2	146	76	70
73	Matteo Cristoni	ITA	2	146	74	72
73	Leonardo Novella	ITA	2	146	74	72
73	Tiago Costa	POR	2	146	75	71
73	Jamie Tofte Nielsen	DEN	2	146	72	74
73	Lucas Abrial	FRA	2	146	77	69
83	Hugo Rouillon	FRA	3	147	71	76
83	Sam Dumez	FRA	3	147	71	76
83	Malcor Ugo	FRA	3	147	71	76
83	Pedro Clare Neves	POR	3	147	73	74
83	Mats Markovits	NED	3	147	74	73
88	Davide Buchi	ITA	4	148	75	73
88	Dylan de Prosperis	ITA	4	148	72	76
88	Sergio Parriego Cornejo	ESP	4	148	75	73
88	Frederik Sejr	DEN	4	148	75	73
88	Calvin Holmes	POR	4	148	75	73
88	João Miguel Pereira	POR	4	148	73	75
94	Aurélien Douce	FRA	5	149	74	75
94	Riccardo Bregoli	ITA	5	149	73	76
96	Aaron Marshall	IRL	6	150	78	72
96	Rory Williamson	IRL	6	150	76	74
96	Carlo Edoardo Lasi	ITA	6	150	76	74
96	Miikka Mäkinen	FIN	6	150	76	74
96	Harvey Byers	ENG	6	150	74	76
101	Jack McDonnell	IRL	7	151	73	78
101	Adalberto Montini	ITA	7	151	81	70
103	Jake Hibbert	ENG	8	152	80	72
103	Jake Hapgood	WAL	8	152	75	77
103	George Nicholas Ounstead	ENG	8	152	79	73
106	Michael A Mjaaseth	NOR	9	153	73	80
106	João Maria Pontes	POR	9	153	76	77
108	Diogo Mealha	POR	10	154	73	81
109	Joseph Linel	FRA	11	155	74	81
109	Ricardo Serpa	POR	11	155	77	78
109	Alessandro Gambetti	ITA	11	155	78	77
109	Michael Young	IRL	11	155	77	78
113	Alberto Costa Marques	POR	12	156	78	78
114	Rodrigo Andrade	POR	13	157	77	80
115	Camille Bordone	FRA	14	158	79	79
116	Miguel Krowicki	POR	23	167	89	78
116	Luca Lopes	POR	23	167	81	86
118	Ricardo Neves Garcia	POR	24	168	88	80
-	Charles Roeland	BEL	-	-	DQ	-
-	David Rocha Martins	POR	-	-	DQ	-