Three Scots in top 10 at Boavista Classic

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Scotland has three players in the top 10 at the halfway stage of the Algarve Pro Tour's 36-hole Boavista Classic at Boavista Golf Resort and Spa, near Lagos.

Jay Taylor had a bogey-free round and is tied third on three-under 68 (33-35), two behind the English leader James Adams.

The Paul Lawrie Golf Centre pair of Craig Lawrie (33-36) and Greig Hutcheon (32-37) are joint seventh on 69, Hutcheon had five birdies and Lawrie four.

Jordon McColl is tied 15th on 70 (34-36) and the remaining Scots in the field, James Steven (34-38) and Conor O'Neil (33-39) are tied 27th in a field of 53 players.

Steven had a double bogey 7 at the long third, while O'Neil had a double bogey 7 at the long 10th.

BOAVISTA CLASSIC

Boavista Golf Resort and Spa

Lagos, Algarve, Portugal

LEADING FIRST-ROUND SCORES

Par 71

66 J Adams (Eng)

67 P Reed (Eng)

SCOTS' SCORES

68 J Taylor (T3)

69 C Lawrie, G Hutcheon (T7)

70 J McColl (T15)

72 J Steven, C O'Neil (T27)

Field of 53 players.