SCOTLAND SHARING SECOND PLACE AT SOTOGRANDE

BLAIRGOWRIE BOY BRADLEY PLAYING

MAJOR ROLE FOR SCOTS IN SPAIN

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Blairgowrie's Bradley Neil repeated his opening, one-under-par 71 to share the individual lead on 142 at the end of the second day in the European Nations Cup 72-hole tournament at Sotogrande on Spain's Costa del Sol.

The Scottish boys' match-play champion, pictured, is playing a major part in keeping Scotland in the team picture.
They are sharing second place with hosts Spain on 436 at the halfway point, trailing only Italy (432).
Ireland (444) are lying seventh and England (452) joint eighth.
Neil's 71 and the same score from Jack McDonald (Kilmarnock Barassie) plus a 73 from Dollar's Scott Borrowman were Scotland's counting second-round scores. Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) had a non-counting 75.
Neil shares the individual lead with Spain's Mario Galiano Aguilar who stepped up from a first-day 67 to a 67 for 142.
England's Ryan Evans (74-70) is in third place.
McDonald is joint ninth on 146 (74-71), Robertson jt 32 on 150 (75-75)
and Borrowman is sharing 43rd place on 153 (80-73).
Scotland and Ireland did not enter teams in the women's event which is led by England's 17-year-old Annabel Dimmock (Wentworth) who also heads the individual table.

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EUROPEAN NATIONS CUP
Sotogrande GC, Costa del Sol Spain
LEADING MEN'S HALFWAY TOTALS
432 Italy
436 Spain, Scotland
440 Holland
441 France, Denmark
444 Ireland
452 Switzerland, England.
453 Germany, Finland
454 Norway
455 Belgium
458 Sweden
464 Switzerland
LEADING MEN'S INDIVIDUAL
142 Bradley Neil (Sco) 71 71, Mario Galiano Aguilar (Spa) 75 67
144 Ryan Evans (Eng) 74 70
SELECTED SCORES
146 Jack McDonald (Sco) 75 71 9T9)
150 Graeme Robedrtson (Sco) 75 75 (T32)
153 Scott Borrowman (Sco) 80 73 (T43). 

WOMEN'S HALFWAY TOTALS
291 England
293 Spain
297 France
303 Italy
304 Wales, Denmark.
305 Switzerland
306 Holland
308 Norway
310 Germany
323 Belgium

LEADING WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL
141 Annabel Dimmock (Eng) 73 68
144 Luna Sobron (Spa) 73 71
147 Virginia Carta (Ita) 70 77, Nanna K Madsen (Den) 76 71
SELECTED SCORES
150 Chloe Williams (Wal) 76 75, Gabriella Cowley (Eng) 74 77 (T9)
153 Becky Harries (Wal) 77 76 (T11)
159 Sarah-Jane Boyd (Eng) 73 86 (T24)
168 Samantha Birks (Wal) 82 86 (T33).