Peter Lawrie admitted he played poorly but he knows he still has a chance of a big cheque in the Lyoness Open powered by Greenfinity in Austria.

The Dubliner, 40, shot a one under 71 at Diamond Country Club in Atzenbrugg to lie seven shots behind France’s Grégory Bourdy (65 67), who leads by four on 12 under compatriot Gary Stal and England’s Chris Wood.

“I did well to shoot the score I did,” said Lawrie, who is fighting to regain his place on tour having lost his card last year. “A couple of bad shots here and there but I hung in there and one under is a good reflection of how I played.

“You know the situation I am in. I have to fight as hard as I can. This morning was the time to shoot a good score with no wind and the greens a little bit softer. But I couldn’t manage it and made a couple of stupid bogeys here and there that I kept off my card yesterday. 

“But I am here for the weekend and in a decent position - a good bit off the lead but not too far off second place. We’ll just see what happens at the weekend. One day good, one day bad. Hopedully that is my bad day out of the way for the week.”

Lawrie is tied eighth on five under while Michael Hoey bounced back from his opening 73 with a 69 to make the cut with two shots to spare on two under.

Simon Thornton (70 74) made it on the mark but Kevin Phelan (74 75) missed by five and Damien McGrane (77 77) by 10 while Gareth Maybin was forced to withdraw. 

Four-time European Tour winner Bourdy had been flawless on day one and was in similarly rich form with five birdies on the back nine after starting at the tenth.

The 33 year old, whose most recent victory came in Wales a couple of years ago, had a first bogey of the week on the first to check his progress, before a fist-pump followed his 13th birdie of the week on the sixth after an outstanding tee shot to five feet.

Stal claimed a maiden European Tour title in Abu Dhabi either side of top-five finishes in South Africa and Dubai, while Wood won a BMW i8 at Wentworth last month for a hole-in-one as he finished fourth in The European Tour’s flagship BMW PGA Championship.

Three birdies in his last four holes, including a tap-in at the last after a brilliant tee shot, propelled Stal into a share of second, while Wood also finished strongly, with birdies at the 13th, 15th and 16th.

Spanish pair Rafa Cabrera-Bello and Carlos Pigem share fourth on seven under, while home favourite Bernd Wiesberger’s gallant second round of five under 67 was just not enough to make the cut after Thursday’s damaging opening round of 79.

Complete Round Two Scores:

132 G Bourdy (Fra) 65 67,

136 G Stal (Fra) 68 68, C Wood (Eng) 67 69,

137 C Pigem (Esp) 72 65, R Cabrera-Bello (Esp) 69 68,

138 M Fitzpatrick (Eng) 69 69, M Korhonen (Fin) 69 69,

139 Peter Lawrie (Irl) 68 71, D Horsey (Eng) 71 68,

140 R Dinwiddie (Eng) 67 73, F Fritsch (Ger) 70 70, J Lagergren (Swe) 73 67, J Hahn (USA) 71 69, A Otaegui (Esp) 69 71, M Kieffer (Ger) 67 73, C Bouniol (Fra) 68 72, L Slattery (Eng) 69 71, P Oriol (Esp) 70 70, M Nixon (Eng) 74 66, J Quesne (Fra) 69 71, R Bland (Eng) 71 69,

141 J Lara (Esp) 72 69, R Rock (Eng) 71 70, D Drysdale (Sco) 68 73, D Coupland (Eng) 71 70, M Ovesen (Den) 72 69, C Shinkwin (Eng) 69 72, A McArthur (Sco) 71 70, L Jensen (Den) 71 70, R Evans (Eng) 68 73,

142 J Singh (Ind) 69 73, K Broberg (Swe) 70 72, Michael Hoey (Nir) 73 69, B Hebert (Fra) 73 69, N Colsaerts (Bel) 70 72, D Gaunt (Eng) 71 71, M Lundberg (Swe) 72 70, M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 70 72, J Roos (RSA) 74 68, K Ferrie (Eng) 73 69, R Paratore (Ita) 72 70, S Jamieson (Sco) 72 70,

143 A Ahokas (Fin) 71 72, M Bremner (RSA) 69 74, C Del Moral (Esp) 67 76, A Wall (Eng) 71 72, J Scrivener (Aus) 70 73, S Wakefield (Eng) 74 69, R Kakko (Fin) 73 70, R Ramsay (Sco) 74 69, M Lampert (Ger) 73 70, J Carlsson (Swe) 70 73, P Edberg (Swe) 71 72, C Paisley (Eng) 71 72, S Khan (Eng) 73 70, J Walters (RSA) 70 73, S Hansen (Den) 71 72,

144 V Riu (Fra) 71 73, F Praegant (Aut) 71 73, S Henry (Sco) 70 74, R Santos (Por) 72 72, S Hutsby (Eng) 74 70, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 73 71, D Woltman (USA) 71 73, D Im (USA) 74 70, E Espana (Fra) 75 69, S Thornton (Irl) 70 74, M Schneider (Ger) 72 72, R McEvoy (Eng) 72 72, J Huldahl (Den) 74 70, S Griffiths (Eng) 73 71, L Nemecz (Aut) 73 71, J Knutzon (USA) 70 74,

CUT

145 J Barnes (Eng) 77 68, P Maddy (Eng) 74 71, E De La Riva (Esp) 72 73, S Manley (Wal) 70 75, G Storm (Eng) 74 71,

146 A Tadini (Ita) 73 73, A Marshall (Eng) 73 73, M Ford (Eng) 73 73, L Tintera (Cze) 72 74, B Wiesberger (Aut) 79 67, J Maurer (Aut) 74 72, C Lloyd (Eng) 72 74, T Murray (Eng) 75 71, T Hatton (Eng) 73 73, R Karlberg (Swe) 72 74, B Ritthammer (Ger) 70 76,

147 A Bernadet (Fra) 71 76, M Crespi (Ita) 73 74, M Tullo (Chi) 75 72, M Ludwig (am) (Aut) 74 73,

148 S Fallon (Eng) 72 76, S Brown (Eng) 72 76, J Lando Casanova (Fra) 73 75, P Price (Wal) 73 75, J Legarrea (Esp) 69 79, T Pilkadaris (Aus) 72 76, B Virto Astudillo (Esp) 79 69, A Korinek (Cze) 75 73, S Straka (am) (Aut) 70 78,

149 T Levet (Fra) 74 75, Kevin Phelan (Irl) 74 75, M Manassero (Ita) 75 74, R Wattel (Fra) 75 74, M Jonzon (Swe) 72 77, R Finch (Eng) 73 76, R Coles (Eng) 75 74, B Reiter (Aut) 74 75, D Dixon (Eng) 75 74, W Harrold (Eng) 73 76,

150 I Garrido (Esp) 75 75, S Kim (USA) 74 76, J Kruger (RSA) 73 77, R Gonzalez (Arg) 72 78, A Velasco (Esp) 73 77, A Klescz (am) (Aut) 77 73, M Habeler (am) (Aut) 74 76,

151 D Stewart (Sco) 78 73, J Campillo (Esp) 73 78, J Edfors (Swe) 68 83,

152 D Brooks (Eng) 75 77, T Baltl (am) (Aut) 78 74,

153 B Evans (Eng) 76 77, J Blaauw (RSA) 76 77, P Archer (Eng) 76 77, A Pavan (Ita) 72 81, P Dedek (am) (Cze) 79 74,

154 Damien McGrane (Irl) 77 77,

156 N Geyger (Chi) 80 76, L De Jager (RSA) 75 81, A Hortal (Esp) 73 83, C Pelzmann (am) (Aut) 75 81,

157 Z Bauchou (am) (USA) 81 76,

158 S Soderberg (Swe) 79 79,

161 A Pavlov (Rus) 71 90, P Tate (Eng) 81 80,

163 F Young (Eng) 81 82, R Gruber (Aut) 80 83,

165 L Astl (Aut) 85 80,

166 B Weilguni (Aut) 77 89,

WD Gareth Maybin (Nir) 76 WD, C Doak (Sco) 77 WD, S Webster (Eng) 76 RT, O Fisher (Eng) RT , J Palmer (Eng) RT.