Richard Kilpatrick endured a tough day in the third round of the Open de la Mirabelle d’Or. Banbridge’s Richard Kilpatrick will have to wait for his first Alps Tour win after a nightmare third round 82 dashed his hopes in the Open International de la Mirabelle D’Or near Metz.

Richard Kilpatrick leads at halfway on the Alps Tour. Picture via AlpsTour.comBanbridge’s Richard Kilpatrick defied gusting winds and deep rough to take a two stroke lead into the last two rounds of the Alps Tour’s Open de la Mirabelle d’Or near Metz.

Richard Kilpatrick opened with a super 66 on the Alps Tour. Banbridge’s Richard Kilpatrick has endured a tough start to 2013 but his cares faded away as a sensational five under 66 left him just a shot off the lead in the Open International de la Mirabelle D’Or on the Alps Tour.