Adrien Saddier fired seven birdies and three bogeys for a 4-under 68 to reach 15-under and move up to the top of the leaderboard at the Amgen Irish Open.

“It was pretty good,” said the Frenchman. “A pretty good start to me, two under after three. Then four was pretty tough.

“I was quite surprised with the score to be honest. But I think, yeah, I managed the course pretty well, with my low moments and my high moments. So I feel happy about that 68.”

Ángel Hidalgo stormed into second place at 14-under thanks to seven straight birdies on the front nine and five more on the back nine as well as one bogey and a double bogey at the par-5 16th where he found the water.

Hidalgo is the ninth DP World Tour player to make twelve birdies in a single round, none has ever made more. He is the third player to achieve it in the last three years following Matt Wallace at the 2023 DP World Tour Championship and Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen at the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

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“I really felt for a few moments I was playing on the Playstation, to be honest. Every single shot was directly to the pin,” said the Spaniard.

“I was feeling since the shot on hole number three – I hit a perfect shot – I felt in control with the swing. I felt smooth. I said to my caddie, ‘okay, it’s a moment to throw the coin and see if we can go really low’.”

Spain’s Alfredo Garcia-Heredia made eagles at the par-5s 4th and 18th as well as two birdies and one bogey for a 67 and solo third place at 12-under.

DP World Tour rankings leader and World Number 2 Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland carded a bogey-free 68 and is tied in fourth place at 11-under alongside overnight leader Joakim Lagergren of Sweden wo fired four birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey at the par-3 12th for a 73.

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