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LAST UPDATE | 8 Mar 2024
SHANE LOWRY IS in a six-way tie for the lead after the second round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill.
Lowry, the first round leader after a blistering back nine paved the way for his 66, was one-under today with a 71. A birdie on the 18th nudged Lowry back into the lead, a short putt after a brilliant second shot, and that was a timely boost after he had dropped shots on the 15th and 17th.
That left him seven-under for the tournament and the clubhouse leader, but by the close of play he was joined by some star names. Four Major winners from the last three years (Hideki Matsuyama, Brian Harman, Wyndham Clark and Scottie Scheffler) all reached the seven-under mark, as did Russell Henley.
Harman was eight-under on the 18th and solo leader, but dropped a shot there to fall back to the pack. The biggest closing charges came from Scheffler, who finished five-under for his round, and Clark, who went one better with a six-under 66.
Clark birdied five of his last six holes, including shots picked up on the 16th, 17th and 18th, as he soared up the leaderboard. Scheffler’s back nine was also impressive, an eagle on 12, followed by birdies on 15, 16 and 17.
Rory McIlroy fired a two-under 69 and is in a tie for 26th on one-under, six shots off the lead. Seamus Power had a disappointing two-over 73 today to stand at two-over for the tournament, but at the moment is in line to make the cut.
Lowry reached the eight-under mark twice during his round to put daylight between him and the rest of the field. He recorded three birdies in four holes between the 3rd and 6th, while later his birdie at the 13th, put him at that figure.
McIlroy’s round saw him have six birdies and four bogeys. He was one-under for his front nine, dropped shots at his next two holes, but rebounded strongly with birdies at the 12th, 13th and 16th holes.
Meanwhile, Tom McKibbin is tied for third after his second round at the Jonsson Workwear Open in South Africa.
The Belfast native followed up yesterday’s 67, with a 64, leaving him two shots off the leader, Italy’s Matteo Manassero, who finished the day on 15 under par.
McKibbin also trails South Africa’s Oliver Bekker by one shot, while he shares third with Spanish duo Angel Hidalgo and Ivan Cantero.
Elsewhere, Stephanie Meadow is tied for sixth at the Blue Bay LPGA in China.
The Antrim native finished the day three shots off the lead, which is held by Narin An of South Korea and USA’s Sarah Schmelzel, who are both on nine-under-par.
Meadow produced a 68 to put herself in contention having shot a 70 in her opening round.
You can view the leaderboard for the Jonsson Workwear Open here and the Blue Bay LPGA here.
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Watch the Sindo reel in horror this weekend at the above drop in prices lol
Apartments were 44.3% to high in February 2007
And they will continue to fall once the new Central Bank mortgage lending rules come into play next month
That would be good but I doubt that will happen. Lot’s of cash buyers on the Dublin market many from abroad.
CGT exemption ended this month
Most cash buyers will now flock elsewhere for more attractive tax breaks
I wouldn’t expect prices to continue to fall Snowball. Not until the supply shortage is addressed, and that will take at least 2-3 years if they ramp up building now. It just means that the small pool of available houses for sale in Dublin will only be attainable by a select few who have access to the 20%. They exist.
Property prices falling?
What about the exorbitant rent I have to pay?
As my Father once said
” No matter how tough life gets, never resort to paying another persons mortgage for them “
Really!? My father used to say ‘No matter how bad it gets never pay a bank 100s of thousand of euro in mortgage interest in order to take a highly leveraged bet on one type of asset class, son’ and then added ‘Mortgage interest is dead money’
Rent will increase from now, which is what central bank wants !
Atleast i won’t be paying rent when i’m 50 :)
no, just property tax
I need to live in that highly leveraged asset… I can’t live in a pension fund. High house prices / house prices speculation is an absolute scourge to real investment in the economy.
Which estate agent do you work for Shill?
It just shows the incredible instability of the housing market in general. If the rises were based on the real values of the houses then it would be a stable rise.
Dublin is just one bug bubble go else where and see how low prices are.
0.1%……
Hardly a massive fall 0.1% hopefully it will pick up again in the New Year.Think we’ve all had more than enough property drops since 2007,lets pump this bad boy up again to 2006 levels.
This is hardly news, common sense that prices would fall in the weeks before the new Central Bank Mortgage Regulations come into play as sellers push to try and offload.
They’ll continue to drop as the vast majority will no longer be able to afford to buy! It’s crippling potential buyers and also going to send rent prices even higher!
The sooner it gets axed the better!
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