England's Ross Fisher missed out on carding the European Tour's first-ever 59 by two shots during the second round of the Irish Open.
Fisher, who needed to pick up two shots over the last four holes, went round in 61 to lead on 12 under, three ahead of Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano.
"It didn't happen, but I'll take 61," said 29-year-old Fisher.
Fisher could leap from 13th on the Ryder Cup points table to sixth with victory on Sunday.
"It's been a frustrating year," he added.
"The Ryder Cup was one of the goals I set myself and I want to be on that team. I want Europe captain Colin Montgomerie to be looking at me and if I still need a pick at the end then hopefully I will be one of the fortunate ones."
The World Match Play champion made six successive birdies in a front nine 29 and then four more in a row from the 11th.
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But he missed from six feet at the 15th, could only par the 519-yard next and closed with two more pars.
Meanwhile, overnight leader David Howell suffered a nightmare round.
The Englishman began on seven under but slipped back to three under after going round the Killarney course in 75.
"I played rubbish - as bad as I was good yesterday," he said.
"I got off to the worst start and just swung the club poorly. I just didn't know where it was going to go and it was a case of hanging on, which I did.
"It could have been worse, to be honest, and I've got two nice days now to crack on and finish high up."
There were better fortunes for three-time major winner Padraig Harrington who shot a 67 to finish on seven under for the tournament.
Darren Clarke, Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose were among the later starters on Friday.
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