Sweden's world amateur No 2 Marcus Kinhult survived what Amateur champion Bradley Neil described as brutal conditions to open up a five-shot lead over Cormac Sharvin with two rounds to go in the Lytham Trophy.

But there was little good news for the rest of the 14-strong Irish contingent as Sharvin's fellow Walker Cup hopefuls Jack Hume and Gavin Moynihan were among the nine Irish to miss the cut.

Kinhult was the only player to shoot two scores under par, adding a 69 to his opening 68 to lead on three under 137 from Sharvin, who shot a 74. Richard James and Oliver Farrell are tied for third place at four-over 144.

Winner of the silver medal behind Italy's Renato Paratore in the Junior Olympics in China last year, Kinhult won the Sage Valley Invitational in his last start and he's head and shoulders above of the field as he showed when coming back from three over after three to break par in the second round.

After a bogey at the second and a double bogey at the third, he birdied the fourth and eighth to turn in one over 35 and came home in two under 34 with a solitary bogey at the 14th cancelled out by birdies at the 11th, 16th and 17th.

His 69 was the only sub-par score recorded on a wet and windy day, not to mention the lowest of the 144-strong field by two strokes.

West Waterford's Gary Hurley had four bogeys and a double bogey seven at the seventh in a 76, leaving him 13th alongside Bradley Neil on seven over par. 

Stackstown's Richard Bridges shot a 74 for a nine over total that matched Portmarnock's Geoff Lenehan (69-80) while Ballymena's Dermot McElroy is 10 over after a 76. 

It was a disappointing day for Hume, who dropped four shots in his last five holes for a 77 to miss the cut by one with Gary Collins (80, 153) and Moynihan (76, 154) also missing out.

Final day tee times

Lytham Trophy, Royal Lytham and St Annes (Par 70)

137 Marcus Kinhult (Sweden) 68 69  

142 Cormac Sharvin (Ardglass) 68 74  

144 Richard James (Aberystwyth) 73 71, Oliver James Farrell (Evesham) 70 74  

145 Jack Barrie Yule (Middleton Hall) 74 71, Robin Roussel (France) 74 71  

146 Daniel Wasteney (Lindrick) 72 74, Zan Luka Stirn (Slovenia) 70 76, Lukas Lipold (Austria) 69 77  

147 William Whiteoak (Shipley) 75 72, Bradley Moore (Kedleston Park) 74 73, Bradley Neil (Blairgowrie) 71 76, Gary Hurley (West Waterford) 71 76, Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock (Barassie)) 70 77, J S Bower (Meltham) 69 78  

148 James Allan (Chelmsford) 77 71, Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden) 75 73, Evan Griffith (Conwy(Caernarvonshire)) 74 74, Christopher Kendall (Royal Lytham & St Annes) 74 74, Sixten Jensen (Denmark) 74 74, Felix Kvarnstrom (Sweden) 71 77, Craig Ross (Kirkhill) 71 77, Mathias Eggenberger (Switzerland) 71 77, Craig Melding (Neath) 71 77, Ashton Turner (Kenwick Park) 69 79  

149 Richard Bridges (Stackstown) 75 74, Jimmy Mullen (Royal North Devon) 74 75, Ben Amor (Marlborough) 74 75, Greig Marchbank (Thornhill) 73 76, Barry J Hume (Haggs Castle) 73 76, Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock) 69 80

150 Victor Henum (Denmark) 77 73, Scott Gibson (Southerness) 75 75, Dermot McElroy (Ballymena) 74 76, S Whitaker (Blankney) 74 76, Daniel Brown (Bedale) 73 77, L Johnson (Kings Lynn) 73 77, Jack Singh Brar (Remedy Oak) 71 79, Oliver Roberts (Hong Kong) 68 82

151 Alfie Plant (Sundridge Park) 76 75, Victor Theandersson (Sweden) 75 76, Harry Hall (West Cornwall) 74 77, Oliver Carr (Heswall) 73 78, Robbie Van West (Prise d'Eau) 73 78, Simon Richardson (Boston) 72 79, Ugo Coussaud (France) 72 79, Romain Langasque (France) 72 79, Luke Trocado (South Africa) 71 80, Matthew Jordan (Royal Liverpool) 71 80, Mark Phillip Collins (Chart Hills) 71 80

MISSED THE CUT

152 Sean Towndrow (Southport & Ainsdale) 76 76, Jeong-Weon Ko (France) 76 76, Jack Hume (Naas) 75 77, Nick Marsh (Huddersfield) 73 79, Christoffer Bring (Denmark) 72 80, Nicholas Peoples (Royal Lytham & St Annes) 72 80, Scott Gregory (Corhampton) 72 80, Tim Widing (Sweden) 71 81, John Axelsen (Denmark) 68 84,

153 Lars Keunen (Netherlands) 75 78, Michael Smyth (Royal Troon - Old Course) 75 78, Michael Saunders (Dartford) 75 78, Jeremy Gandon (France) 74 79, Gary Collins (Rosslare) 73 80, Marco Iten (Switzerland) 72 81  

154 Markus Habeler (Austria) 78 76, Jamie Li (Bath) 78 76, Gavin Moynihan (The Island) 78 76, Edgar Catherine (France) 77 77, Peter Launer Bak (Denmark) 77 77, Adam Chapman (Windermere) 76 78, Colm Campbell (Warrenpoint) 76 78, Jeremy Freiburghaus (Switzerland) 75 79, Robin Dawson (Faithlegg) 75 79, Leonard Bem (France) 74 80, Max Schmitt (Germany) 73 81, Oskar Bergqvist (Sweden) 73 81, John Carroll (Huyton & Prescot) 71 83 

155 Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) 81 74, Edward Richardson (Rye) 77 78, Paul Kinnear (Formby) 76 79, Maximilian Mehles (Germany) 76 79, Jim Liu (USA) 76 79, Craig Howie (Peebles) 74 81, Christopher Dammert (Germany) 71 84  

156 Maximilian Boegel (Germany) 79 77, Neal Woernhard (Switzerland) 79 77, Tim Harry (Vale of Glamorgan) 77 79, Jack Davidson (Llanwern) 77 79, Henry Tomlinson (Royal Lytham & St Annes) 76 80, Joe Dean (Lindrick) 75 81, James Glenn (USA) 75 81, Thomas Gandy (Rowany) 74 82, Nicolas Aparicio (France) 74 82

157 Jack Davis (Aston Wood) 80 77, Adam Wilson (Mold) 79 78, Matyas Zapletal (Czech Republic) 79 78, Victor Tarnstrom (Sweden) 79 78, Vitek Novak (Czech Republic) 79 78, Marco Penge (Golf at Goodwood) 78 79, Daniel Young (Craigie Hill) 78 79, Marcus Svensson (Sweden) 78 79, Eli Cole (USA) 78 79, Jamie Savage (Cawder) 75 82, Will Shucksmith (Alwoodley) 75 82, Nick Watson (Stoke Rochford) 73 84

158 Daniel Holland (Castle) 80 78, Kevin Reints (Netherlands) 80 78, Matty Lamb (Hexham) 77 81, Jeroen Krietemeijer (Netherlands) 77 81

159 Eugene Smith (Ardee) 79 80, Nick Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen) 79 80, Oscar Granstrom-Livesey (Royal Mid-Surrey) 78 81, Callan Barrow (Royal Lytham & St Annes) 78 81, Connor Syme (Drumoig) 78 81, Fraser Moore (Glenbervie) 77 82, Ben Wall (Hayling) 77 82, Vaclan Lebl (Czech Republic) 77 82, Samuel Turner (Royal Lytham & St Annes) 77 82, Adam Blomme (Sweden) 76 83, Daydon Alexandre (France) 75 84, Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) 75 84

160 James McCormick (Styal) 81 79, Robert Burlison (Oxley Park) 78 82, Ashley Mason (Glen Gorse) 78 82, Michael Hirmer (Germany) 75 85

161 Ashley Chesters (Hawkstone Park) 82 79, Stuart Grehan (Tullamore) 77 84, G Harris (Formby) 77 84, Grant Kelton Price (USA) 74 87

162 Bryce McCabe (South Africa) 85 77, David Butler (Monifieth Golf Links) 81 81, Richard Jouven (France) 78 84

163 John Ross Galbraith (Whitehead) 79 84, Andrew Wilson (Darlington) 78 85

164 Felix Palson (Sweden) 83 81, Frederic Lacroix (France) 82 82, Lee Jones (Conwy(Caernarvonshire)) 78 86

166 Alexander Stubbs (Oxfordshire (The)) 82 84, Vince Van Veen (Netherlands) 76 90

169 Jamie Dick (Forest Hills (Gloucestershire)) 78 91

171 Adrien Pinguet (France) 82 89

177 Piran Adi (USA) 83 94

WD Daniel Becker (Germany) 78 WD