European men's amateur team championship in Sweden

Scots need second-round push to make top eight for match-play

Despite a two-under-par 70 by Jack McDonald and a 71 from Grant Forrest Scotland are in danger of failing to make the championship match-play group of eight at the European men's amateur team championship at Halmstad Golf Club, Sweden.
The Scots are in ninth place with a team tally of 367. They are the only one of the four home countries not in the top eight after the first of two stroke play qualifying rounds.
Ireland (355) are lying third behind joint leaders France and Denmark (354) with England (364) seventh and Wales (365) eighth
The Scots scores, against a par of 72, were
70 Jack McDonald
71 Grant Forrest
75 Greig Marchbank, Ewen Ferguson
76 Graeme Robertson
*77 Connor Syme 
*discounted score under best five from six daily format
The top team totals after the first round
354 France, Denmark
355 Ireland
356 Germany
360 Italy, Spain
364 England
365 Wales
========= projected cut to top eight
367 Scotland
369 Sweden, Netherlands
373 Czech Republic
385 Switzerland
405 Poland.
367 Scotland