Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy remain in contention in New Orleans

Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy remain in contention at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event.

Sharing the lead after a remarkable 11-under opening round, the Irish duo continued atop the leaderboard with a second round 70, which put them into a share of the lead approaching the end of the second round.

Two birdies and a bogey saw the pair turn at one under, before matching it on the back nine to finish two-under for the day to move to 13 under.

Ryan Brehm and Mark Hubbard moved into solo lead near the close of play on Friday but finished with a bogey meaning that Lowry and McIlroy sat in a quartet in a tie for the lead, while the late starters were still on the course.

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