MORE WRIGHT STUFF FOR SCOTS AS THEY TAKE THREE-SHOT LEAD IN PORTUGAL

By COLIN FARQUHARSON Colin@scottishgolfview.com   Scotland have jumped into a three-shot lead at the halfway stage of the PGAs of Europe international team championship at Palmares Golf Resort on Portugal's Algarve. The Scots' low-scoring hero was against West Linton's Welshman, Gareth Wright, the Glenmuir club  professional champion. He followed up his first-day four-under-par 68 with a 69 despite starting with a bogey 5. It turned out to be the only blemish on his card. Wright covered the remaining 17 holes in four under par with birdies at the fifth, 10th, 15th and 16th.] David Patrick (Elie Sports Club) and David Orr (Mearns Castle) both returned solid par-matching 72s for Scotland to post a best two-from-three day's total of 141, four shots inferior to their first-round total but good enough to go clear with a 10-under-par 278 tally. England, joint leaders at the start of the day, could manage only a second-round total of 144 for a 281 36-hole aggregate. Stuart Little had their best score of 71 and team-mates Craig Slave and Steve Parry both reutrned 73s.Holland are third on 286, five adrift of England with defending champions France, nine shots off Scotland's hot pace on 287. SECOND-ROUND TOTALS Par 288 (4x 72) 278 SCOTLAND 137 141 281 ENGLAND 137 144 286 HOLLAND 146 140 287 FRANCE 145 142 289 GERMANY 145 144, PORTUGAL 146 143 292 IRELAND 143 149 293 SPAIN 150 143 294 AUSTRIA 150 144 295 SOUTH AFRICA 144 151, WALES 148 147 Other totals: 297 SWEDEN 301 ITALY, NORWAY 303 FINLAND, SLOVENIA 304 POLAND 305 BELGIUM 308 SWITZERLAND 309 CZECH REPUBLIC 311 DENMARK 312 GREECE 316 CROATIA 318 RUSSIA, ICELAND.