Fife’s Connor Syme, who made his debut in the Dunhill Links 10 years ago as an amateur, kept ticking along nicely with a 67 for 10-under but Glasgow’s Scott Jamieson came a cropper at the Road Hole and leaked three shots in a 72 for nine-under.

Rory McIlroy carded a second consecutive 69 to sit six under, eight strokes behind joint leaders Nicolas Colsaerts and Cameron John at the halfway mark; watch day three of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship,

For the second consecutive week, Jon Rahm finds himself in position to win on the DP World Tour. Falling in a playoff at the Open de Espana, the two-time major champion seeks to make immediate amends after opening his 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship with a 7-under 65 at Carnoustie.