Intro:

Reaction after Finland's Mikko Ilonen remained on the top of the leaderboard after he added a 68 to his course-record 64 during the second round of the Irish Open at the Fota Island Resort in Ireland on Friday (20 June).

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Graeme McDowell, joint second place:

"I've played in front of many big crowds before and maybe none as passionate as the Irish crowd. There's nothing quite like it when a crowd's pulling for you and and it's a fun experience and maybe, like you say, something that I've never experienced before expect perhaps in a Ryder Cup. So, looking forward to it, it's fun to be part of this tournament and fun to be contending and this is my type of golf course from the point of view ... it's not that long, you've got to drive it in the fairway and it's fun to get some short irons in my hand. I'd say if I got half a dozen short irons in my hand last week at Pinehurst that was it, but this week my wedge play is actually quite sharp, it feels nice to get some wedges in there."