MARC WARREN, Richie Ramsay, Paul Lawrie and Russell Knox were flying the flag for Scotland on two continents and on golf's two largest tours thanks to the combined efforts of.
Warren kept the Portugal Masters second round lead adding a 65 to his opening 63 before being joined on 14 under par very late in the day by England’s defending champion Andy Sullivan.
Sullivan was in sizzling form posting a bogey-free 10-under par 61 in ideal scoring conditions on the Oceanico Victoria course at Vilamoura.
Sullivan matched Ramsay’s earlier 10-under-par 61 with the Scot grabbing 11 birdies, including five in succession near the start of his round, in a career-best score.
Tied with Ramsay, in 11th place but only four off the lead, is Lawrie, who grabbed seven birdies and dropped just two shots, in a second straight 66.
Jamieson is just a shot back of Ramsay and Lawrie after the Glaswegian’s second-day 64 that included being eight under through 14 holes and dropping his only shot at the 16th.
Then there’s Knox in the second event of the 2016/17 PGA Tour schedule, shooting a nine-under-par 63 and just two off the TPC Kuala Lumpur course record on day two of the CIMB Classic in steamy Malaysian conditions.
Knox birdied his closing four holes and heads into the weekend in a three-way tie for third place and just three behind defending champion, Justin Thomas.
It was Knox’s best round since a 63 on route to losing out in a play-off for the 2014 Honda Classic title.
Biggest disappointment was Stirling’s Craig Lee who bogeyed the last in a fighting 66 for a three-under par-tally, but falling short by one shot of making the cut and holding on to his card for 2017.
Lee teed-up in Portugal lying 109th on the Race to Dubai, and just two places inside the dreaded 111th cut-off mark, but now will find himself ending the season around 114th on the money list.
No such concern for Warren who continues to impress after finishing fifth in the recent Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, and now well in line for a fourth Tour success.
“I had been kind of looking over your shoulder a little bit a few weeks ago and looking to get inside the top 110," said Warren.
“Once I had a good finish at Dunhill taking care of that, I feel as if a bit of pressure has come off and can look forward and try to qualify for some events at the end of the year.
“It's a much nicer place to be playing your golf, as opposed to looking backwards all the time.”
Stephen Gallacher, 128th on the money list, kept alive hopes of breaking into the top-111 adding a 68 to his opening 67 to be at seven under par.
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