Briton Colin Montgomerie's hopes of playing in next week's US PGA Championship could have been dashed by an injury that threw the Johnnie Walker Championship into disarray today.
Tournament chairman Montgomerie had to pull out with bruised fingers after playing only 13 holes of the first round and he now faces an anxious few days to see if he will be fit for Baltusrol next week.
Montgomerie, who has joined up with the sponsors and Gleneagles to promote the event, had said the previous day his role was "to try to build this championship into one of the premier events on the European Tour, if not the premier event".
Now the 42-year-old Scot will not even be handing out the prizes on Sunday and his chances of playing next week's final major could have disappeared.
The seven-time European Tour order of merit winner would have returned to the top of the money list if he had either won or finished runner-up at Gleneagles.
Meanwhile, Ireland's Damien McGrane and Gary Murphy have shot themselves into early contention at the top of the Gleneagles leaderboard.
Damien McGrane is two shots behind England's clubhouse leader Mark Foster on four under.
McGrane shot a two-under par round of 70 while Gary Murphy is a further shot back following his round of 71.
Both are ideally placed to start the second round in a commanding position.