SCOTS WELL DOWN NATIONS CUP FIELD AT SOTOGRANDE

Scotland go into the fourth and final day of the Nations Cup men's team golf tournament at Sotogrande on Spain's Costa del Sol in joint 11th place in a field of 17 - 29 shots behind leaders France.  England, two behind France in second place, have a sporting chance of a last-day surge for the title.  Scotland's three counting scores in the third round were a one-over-par 73 by Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie), a 74 from Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) and a 75 from James White (Lundin).  For the third day in a row Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) had the non-counting score, a 77.  EUROPEAN NATIONS CUP   Sotogrande, Costa del Sol, Spain  THIRD-ROUND TOTALS  646 France. 648 England. 656 Germany.  657 Portugal.  658 Spain.  659 Ireland.  664 Italy, Denmark.  671 Wales.  672 Austria.  675 Switzerland, Scotland, Norway.  676 Sweden.  679 Holland.  683 Belgium.  687 Turkey.  LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS  Par 216 (3x72) 209 A Saddier (Fra) 72 70 67. 212 M Roehrig (Ger) 72 68 72. 216 T Tree (Eng) 68 76 72  SELECTED SCORES 217 J Shufflebotham (Wal) 77 70 70 (T4). 219 G Porteous (Eng) 74 7570 (T9) 220 M Orrin (Eng) 79 70 71, D McElroy (Ire) 79 69 72 (T12) 221 N Kimsey (Eng) 73 77 71 (T16) 222 Rory McNamara (Ire) 76 73 73, James White (Sco) 71 76 75, Reeve Whitson (Wal) 74 77 76 (T22) 226 Jack McDonald (Sco) 75 78 73 (T35) 227 Graeme Robertson (Sco) 75 78 74, Alan Dunbar (Ire) 74 75 78 (T37) 228 Ben Westgate (Wal) 80 74 74 9T44) 239 Will Jones (Wal) 77 72 81 (T53) 234 Matthew Clark (Sco) 78 79 88 (T65) 241 Jonathan Bale (Wal) 79 84 78 (69th).      SWITCH OVER TO www.kirkwoodgolf.co.uk to see the scores in the Women's Nations Cup at Sotogrande