A chip-in eagle on the last hole has Shane Lowry just five off the lead going into today's day three at golf's Honda Classic.

A second-round 66 in Florida means the reigning Open champion reached halfway at seven-under-par.

"I said let's go up there and chip this one in," the Offaly man said of the finish to his second round.

"But I had a bit of a mud ball on my second shot so I was trying to be a little bit clever and obviously not hit in the water and try and leave myself in a good spot, so I was kind of aiming over there toward that bunker and, yeah, it was a straightforward enough chip.

"I was nice and aggressive with it and got it to the hole and thankfully it went in and it puts me in a great position going into the weekend."

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Lowry enjoyed an 8th place finish at the Players' Championship last weekend and he's feeling positive about his game.

"Just kind of coming on from last week, a good week, a bit of confidence. Coming out here, a course I like playing, I knew it was going to be tough, so, yeah, I just kind of, although the scoring is not playing as tough as it normally does, but I just kind of, a little bit of confidence goes a long way with me.

"And I didn't drive the ball great yesterday but every other part of my game was pretty good and I felt like I drove it a little bit better today and hopefully I can, I think there's a, like a northerly wind coming in the weekend, so it will be interesting out there, but I'm looking forward to it."

Back-to-back rounds of 64 have made Aaron Wise is the man to catch on 12-under.

Graeme McDowell and Padraig Harrington both missed the cut.