Brett Rumford capitalises on David Howell's early howler

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Howell, the former Ryder Cup ace who has now dropped to 479th in the world, pushed his tee shot into the hazard on the edge of Lough Leane, chipped out sideways and three-putted for a six that sent him down to five under.

Rumford, on the other hand, teed off again in joint fourth place but a pair of threes lifted him to seven under. That left him ahead of fellow Richard Green, Dane Anders Hansen, Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Korean Noh Seung-yul - and Howell as well when he came back with a birdie at the seventh.

Padraig Harrington remained three under after four more holes - he had yet to record a bogey, but knew he needed to up the birdie tally - while playing partner and US Open champion Graeme McDowell was in a battle to avoid the halfway cut after he bogeyed the short third and went down to level par.

Meanwhile, Erik Compton made the most of his sponsor's exemption for the Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia as he grabbed a share of the lead at the end of the first round.

The American shrugged off two bogeys in the first three holes to fire a seven-under-par 63 at The Greenbrier's Old White Course ending the day level with compatriot Matt Every.