Conor Purcell mounts storming finish to enter top-25 at BMW International Open
Purcell's streaky round was bookended by eagles in which he made a fast start, suffered a violent mid-round wobble, before recovering with a spectacular late flourish.
Even par overnight, the Dubliner teed off on the 10th, the Dubliner reached four-under par quickly, sinking a 30-footer for eagle on 11, with further birdies on 13 and 15 to reach the turn in strong shape.
However, then he was blown off course with bogeys at the first and third, before he pulled his approach into the water for a double-bogey at the fourth to undo all his early good work.
However, the third act of his topsy-turvy round would be a surging finish, with three straight birdies on the fifth, sixth and seventh, before he drained a 13ft eagle putt on the ninth to sit on five-under.
As it stands, that leaves him six shots adrift of current leader Davis Bryant, who carded a scintillating 64 on Friday.
The American leads by one stroke from Norway's Kristoffer Reitan on 10-under, with English pair Jordan Smith and Daniel Brown in the grouping on nine-under par.
Purcell, who has two top-20 finishes so far in his maiden season on tour, is currently tied-23rd with some afternoon starters still yet to finish.
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