Diksha Dagar retains her lead at the halfway mark of the KPMG Women's Irish Open in Dromoland Castle with Irish pair Leona Maguire and Olivia Mehaffey six shots behind her.
Indian Dagar followed her opening-day 65 in Clare with a two-under 69 that was enough to take her to 10 under par, one shot clear of Dutchwoman Anne van Dam (66), American Gurleen Kaur (69) and France's Emma Grechi (69). Anne-Lise Caudal (68), also of France, is a shot further back in fifth.
Maguire and Mehaffey are in a share of 19th place after swapping scores from Thursday.
The Cavan woman improved on her opening round of 71 to card a 69 that featured an eagle on 16 in between three birdies.
Mehaffey was two over at the turn but holed three birdies on the back nine to finish on 71.
Kate Lanigan (69) is one shot behind her compatriots on three under and Sara Byrne is on two under after shooting 68.
Emma Fleming and Beth Coulter (both 72) just made the cut on one over but Aine Donegan (74), Victoria Craig (75), Aideen Walsh (76) and Olivia Costello (78) will not be in action at the weekend.
Maguire was satisfied with her round, which completely turned around after a shot plugged into the bunker on 13 had taken her to one over for the tournament.
"After 13 holes I had sort of played myself out of it but nice to get that run of birdies and a nice eagle on 16 to give myself a bit of momentum going into tomorrow," she said.
"More of the same will be needed over the next two days, I think. Everybody's going low. I just need to try and make as many birdies as I can.
"There was really good energy out there from the crowd, playing with Aine as well, the local girl, there was plenty of cheering and rooting us on, which was fantastic to see.
"Nice to have a lot of Irish amateurs in the field this week, a great learning experience for them, no doubt."
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