Jordan Hood is tied for 10th place but fellow Maynooth University team mate Ronan Mullarney was the only other Irish player to make the 54-hole cut in the Portuguese International Amateur Championship.

Jordan Hood is the only Irish player inside the cut mark after 36 holes of the Portuguese International Amateur Open at Montado Hotel & Golf Resort.

It was a disappointing opening day for the Irish in the Portuguese International Amateur Championship at Montado, south of Lisbon.

Castle's Daniel Holland had to settle for a share of 19th behind Italy's Paolo Ferraris in the Portuguese Amateur Open at  a windy Montado Golf Hotel and Resort near Lisbon.

Castle's Daniel Holland is just four shots off the lead entering Saturday's final round of the weather-shortened Portuguese Amateur Open Championship near Lisbon.

England's Ashley Chesters became the first player to retain the European Amateur Championship last year. Now he's bidding to add the Portuguese Amateur Championship to his CV after posting a six under 66 to take the clubhouse lead after Thursday's fog-delayed second round.

Castle's Daniel Holland and Rosslare's Gary Collins got off to a sub-par starts in the Portuguese Amateur Open Championship as Ardee's Eugene Smith produced an dramatic comeback from disaster.