ROSS KELLETT LEADS BY TWO INTO FINAL ROUND IN ITALY

Motherwell's Ross Kellett leads the field by two shots with one round to go in the Alps Tour event in Italy, the Montecchia Open at Montecchia Golf Club. Kellett followed up his opening round of 63 with a more sedate 70 for a nine-under-par 133 but he did produce some more late fireworks. In Round 1, he came home in 30 shots. In Round 2, the Scot covered the same stretch in 33, tahnks to birdies at the 12th, 13th, 15th and 18th. But for a bogey at the 14th, he would have had a three-shot lead. As it is he has four Frenchmen and one Austrian snapping at his heels, two shots behind him. The other Scots rookie pro in the field, Peterhead's Philip McLean, continues to struggle. He missed the cut by 10 shots with scores of 77 and 76 for 153. ALPS TOUR - Montecchia Open Montecchia GC, Italy LEADING SECOND-ROUND TOTALS Par 142 (2x71) 133 Ross Kellett (Sco) 63 70. 135 Jacques Guillet (Fra) 69 66, Julien Foret (Fra) 65 70, Thomas Feysinger (Aut) 66 69, Sebastien Gros (Fra) 69 66, Jean-Nicolas Billot (Fra) 67 68 SELECTED SCOTS 137 Tom Sherreard (Eng) 65 72 (T11) 140 Jason Palmer (Eng) 68 72, Chris McDonnell (Eng) 73 67 (T21) 141 Gareth Shaw (NIre) 72 69, Jason Kelly (Nor) 74 67 (T20). MISSED THE CUT (143 and better qualified) 153 Philip McLean (Sco) 77 76. ends