Home favourite Robert MacIntyre battled brutal conditions at Kingsbarns to grab a share of the clubhouse lead before the second round of the weather-affected Alfred Dunhill Links Championship was suspended.

When early starter Richard Sterne posted a bogey-free 67 on the Old Course at St Andrews to set the target at 12 under par just as the weather worsened, he looked unlikely to be caught as strong winds and heavy rain battered all three host courses across the afternoon.

But Ryder Cup star and local hero MacIntyre rose to the occasion, joining Sterne at the top by signing for a second straight 66 after making seven birdies and a solitary bogey in the worst of the weather.

Sterne’s countryman Louis Oosthuizen was one shot behind the co-leaders after carding a 68 at Kingsbarns, one ahead

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