England’s Danny Willett had a hole-in-one at the seventh hole on route to an eight under par 63 and a new Fota Island course record.

Willett birdied his closing four holes to set a new course low two days after Finland’s Mikko Ilonen set the new mark with a 64 in the opening round.

And while Willett, who moved to the clubhouse lead on 11-under par, was delighted with his efforts there was no prize of a gleaming new BMW sedan for his ace with the car on offer at the par three 13th.

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