SCOTS and ENGLAND ONLY ONE BEHIND

UNITED STATES AT HALFWAY STAGE

Scotland and England used their familiarity with the foursomes format to take closer order on leaders United States on the second day of the Omega Mission Hills World Cup tournament in China today.

The American pairing of Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum slipped from an opening better-ball 61 to a foursomes score of 69 to maintain their lead on 130.

But Scotland's Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren as well as England's Justin Rose and Ian Poulter both returned 68s in the alternate shot format to be on the 131 mark at halfway - only one shot off the pace as they share second place ahead of South Africa (132) and three teams on 133, defending champions Germany, Denmark and Italy.

LEADERBOARD
Par 144 (2 x 72)

130: USA (Boo Weekley/Heath Slocum) 61-69
131: England (Justin Rose/Ian Poulter) 63-68, Scotland (Colin Montgomerie/Marc Warren) 63-68
132: South Africa (Retief Goosen/Trevor Immelman) 63-69
133: Denmark (Anders Hansen/Soren Hansen) 65-68, Italy (Edoardo Molinari/Francesco Molinari) 65-68, Germany (Martin Kaymer/Alex Cejka) 62-71
134: Holland (Robert-Jan Derksen/Maarten Lafeber) 65-69, Korea (Lee Sung/Lee Seung-ho) 65-69
135: Argentina (Andres Romero/Ricardo Gonzales) 65-70, France (Raphael Jacquelin/Gregory Havret) 64-71
136: Sweden (Robert Karlsson/Peter Hanson) 66-70, China (Liang Wen-chong/Zhang Lian-wei) 65-71
137: Finland (Mikko Ilonen/Pasi Purhonen) 63-74
138: Spain (Miguel Angel Jimenez/Jose Manuel Lara) 67-71, Australia (Nick O'Hern/Nathan Green) 66-72, Ireland (Michael Hoey/Gareth Maybin) 66-72, Canada (Mike Weir/Wes Heffernan) 66-72
139: Paraguay (Carlos Franco/Fabrizio Zanotti) 66-73, Austria (Markus Brier/Claude Grenier) 64-75, Thailand (Thongchai Jaidee/Prayad Marksaeng) 63-76, Wales (Bradley Dredge/Stephen Dodd) 63-76
140: Japan (Hideto Tanihara/Tetsuji Hiratsuka) 67-73, Philippines (Gerald Rosales/Tony Lascuna) 67-73, India (Jyoti Randhawa/Gaurav Ghei) 65-75
141: Puerto Rico (Miguel Suarez/Wilfredo Morales) 68-73
144: New Zealand (Stephen Scahill/Richard Lee) 67-77
147: Colombia (Jorge Benedetti/Gustavo Mendoza) 68-79

Note: The first and third rounds will use the four-ball (better ball) format while the second and final rounds will use the foursomes format.