European Challenge Tour event in South America

ONLY JAMIE McLEARY
MAKES THE CUT
IN MEXICO CITY

Three of the four Scots competing in the Abiero Mexicano Corona tournament at Club de Golf La Hacienda near Mexico City missed the halfway cut.
Jamie McLeary, pictured left, was the exception.
First reports on the website of the tournament, which is the second event of the 2006-2007 Challenge Tour, had former Scottish amateur champion George Murray qualifying for the last two days' play with a second-round 70 for a tally of 145 - which was, as predicted, the limit mark.
But later the rookie pro's scorecard was amended to a 71 for 146, one shot too many to retain an active interest in the four-round tournament.
The missing stroke had been a bogey at the 11th.
Earlier George had birdied the 16th and 18th which gave rise to the mistaken belief that he had made the cut.
A late double bogey sealed the fate of Scott Henderson.
The Aberdonian, who flew to South America from the New Zealand Open, saddled himself with an opening seven-over-par 78 but, starting at the 10th in the second round, he raised a flicker of hope when he got a birdie at the 17th and an eagle 3 at the 603yd 18th to cover the nine holes in two-under-par 34 (he had bogeyed the 11th) - six shots fewer for the same stretch compared with Thursday.
HENDERSON'S LATE DOUBLE
But Henderson couldn't continue the sub-par figures on his second nine and a bogey at the fifth and a double bogey at the seventh saw him return a one-over-par 72 for a 36-hole tally of eight-over-par 150.
Jamie McLeary, the top Scot at the start of the day with a two-under 69, bogeyed the second and third but birdied the fifth and parred the sixth to be one under par for the tournament. But Jamie bogeyed the seventh and birdied the ninth to be out in one-over-par 36.
He got his third birdie of the day at the 10th but came back to one-over-par with a bogey at the 13th. He parred his way in from there for a 72 for 141.
Jamie is in joint 13th place and in contention for a sizeable cheque if he can maintain or even improve his position over Saturday and Sunday.
Peter Whiteford, one over par with an opening 72, birdied the second but dropped shots at the third, fifth and eighth. He was still on course to beat the halfway cut until he bogeyed the 14th, 15th and 16th for a 76 and 148 - three shots over the limit.

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2 x 71)
Leading qualifiers for final two rounds:
136 A Jauretche (Arg) 68 68, C Cardeza (Arg) 69 67, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 65 71.
138 D De Leon (Mex) 69 69., Federico Garcia (Mex) 70 68, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 69 69.
Other qualifiers included:
141 J McLeary (Sco) 69 72 (jt 13th).
Missed cut:
146 G Murray (Sco) 75 71.
148 P Whiteford (Sco) 72 76.
150 S Henderson (Sco) 78 72.