SIX SCOTS BREAK 70 AT Q SCHOOL

By COLIN FARQUHARSON  Colin@scottishgolfview.com They're at the halfway point of the European Tour Qualifying School Stage 2 tournaments at four Spanish venues. No cut as it looks likely that the figure to qualify from each venue for next month's Final text will be 17 players. Six Scots - Wallace Booth (66), Steven O'Hara (66), Neil Fenwick (68), David Law (69), Jack Doherty (69) and Michael Stewart (69) - broke 70 on Day 2 The very good round by Booth (pictured above), with halves of 33, over the par-71 Las Colinas course at Alicante lifted LET player Carly's older brother, up to a share of sixth  place on 138 behind five players sharing the lead on 137. Not doing so well at Las Colinas is Scott Henderson who had a 73 for 149 and is joint 65th. Steven O'Hara's five-under-par 66 has improved his position at Lumine, Tarragona to a share of 17th place on 139, the same mark as Jack Doherty who had a second-round 69. Elliot Saltman is languishing in joint 73rd place at Lumine after a 73 for 149. Neil Fenwick's 68 after a birdie-birdie start to the day at El Valle, Murcia was 10 shots better than his first round but he needs at least another two sub-70 scores to have a chance. The Dunbar man is sharing 43rd place on 146. David Law is the best placed Scot at this venue after birdieing three of the first four holes on hiw ay to a 69 (34-35) to be lying sixth on 139, four shots off the pace. Callum Macaulay slipped down to a share of 14th place on 141 with a 72 (35-37). Also at El Valle, Michael Stewart's 69, seven shots of an improvement, lifted him up to a share of 37th place on 145. Paul Cormack is joint 55th on 147 after a 73. Jamie McLeary is the only Scot inside the qualifying zone at the moment at El Saler, Valenice. He had a 73 for 145 and is joint 12th, four shots off the lead. Graham Fox is sharing 31st place after a 75 for 148 - three shots better than Lloyd Saltman who had a second-round 72 to move up to joint 48th place. Ross Kellett and Craig Matheson look out of the running at the halfway stage. Fortunately Ross had tied up a place on next season's Challenge Tour before his form shaded off. Kellett is joint 68th on 158 after a 77 while Matheson is sharing 72nd place after a second 80 for 160. EUROPEAN TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL SECOND STAGE +Approximately 17 from each venue after four rounds will qualify for Final Stage EL SALER (Par 72) 141 Adrian Otaegui (Spa) 71 70, Ou Yang Zheng (China) 72 69, Moritz Lampert (Bel) (am) 72 69. SCOTS' SCORES 145 Jamie McLeary 72 73 (T12) 148 Graham Fox 73 75 (T31) 151 Lloyd Saltman 79 72 (T48) 158 Ross Kellett 81 77 (T68) 160 Craig Matheson 80 80 (T72) EL VALLE (Par 71) 135 Ake Nilsson (Swe) 71 64 SCOTS' SCORES 139 David Law 70 69 (6th) 141 Callum Macaulay 69 72 (T14) 145 Michael Stewart) 76 79 (T37) 146 Neil Fenwick 78 68 (T43) 147 Paul Cormack 74 73 (T55) LAS COLINAS (Par 71) 137 Warren Bennett (Eng) 72 65, Taco Remkes (Ned) 67 70, Luke Hickmott (Aus) 69 68, Andrea Rota (Ita) 69 68, Tim Sluiter (Ned) 67 70 SCOTS' SCORES 138 Wallace Booth 72 66 (T6) 149 Scott Henderson 76 73 (T65) LUMINE (Par 71) 132 Liam Bond (Wal) 64 68. 133 Paul Maddy (Eng) 68 63 SCOTS' SCORES 139 Jack Doherty 79 69, Steven O'Hara 73 66 (T17) 149 Elliot Saltman 76 73 (T73).