Scottish Open: A second round of 68 from Angel Cabrera has nudged Damien McGrane off the top of the leaderboard on the second day of the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond.
McGrane had regained some of his early season form to move into the outright lead earlier in the day, the Meath professional signing for a five-under par 66 to move to eight-under.
But Cabrera, among the later starters, went on to post a score of nine-under and enjoys sole ownership of the lead going into the third round.
McGrane, who secured his maiden European Tour title in April at the China Open, kick-started today's round with an eagle three at the par five third. Although he dropped a shot at the seventh, further birdies followed at the eighth, ninth, 12th and 17th.
McGrane's sudden resurgence of form came right out of the blue as he has endured a wretched time since clinching his first European Tour victory at the China Open in April, missing six cuts in seven tournaments after his win in Beijing.
"My golf has been very average the last few weeks and I am glad to be back with a good rub of the green," said McGrane.
Sharing third place were Thomas Bjorn, Richard Green, Thongchai Jaidee, Paul Lawrie and Simon Khan after a day featuring occasional sunshine mixed with spells of driving rain.
The shot of the day belonged to world number two Phil Mickelson, who was beaten in a playoff here last year by Gregory Havret.
The American left-hander recorded a hole-in-one at the 198-yard, par-three fifth on his way to a 67 for four-under, the same mark as twice former winner Ernie Els.
There was huge disappointment elsewhere for Darren Clarke, who will miss the cut having finished on two-over and end any lingering hopes of qualifying for next week's British Open.
But Graeme McDowell remains firmly in contention for this tournament after his 70 left the 28-year-old three shots back on five-under. Gary Murphy is a shot further back while Rory McIlroy and Peter Lawrie finished on three-under.
Collated scores
(Gbr & Irl unless stated, Irish in bold, par 71)
133 Angel Cabrera (Arg) 65 68
134 Damien McGrane68 66
135 Paul Lawrie 68 67, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 67 68, Richard Green (Aus) 67 68, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 64 71, Simon Khan 69 66
136 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 68 68, Robert Dinwiddie 68 68, Matthew Millar (Aus) 72 64, David Lynn 69 67, Lee Westwood 67 69, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 67 69
137 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 69 68, Christian Cevaer (Fra) 70 67, Garry Houston 66 71, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 67 70, Ross Fisher 68 69, Graeme McDowell67 70, Oliver Wilson 71 66, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 67 70, John Bickerton 66 71, Oliver Fisher 68 69, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 70 67, Alexander Noren (Swe) 64 73, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 68 69, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 72 65
138 Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 67 71, Adam Scott (Aus) 72 66, Scott Strange (Aus) 70 68, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 68 70, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 70 68, Johan Edfors (Swe) 67 71, Phil Mickelson (USA) 71 67, David Dixon 68 70, Ernie Els (Rsa) 72 66, Ian Poulter 69 69, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 70 68, Gary Murphy68 70, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 70 68, Mark Foster 68 70
139 David Howell 69 70, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 73 66, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 69 70, Peter Lawrie71 68, Mark Brown (USA) 73 66, Simon Wakefield 71 68, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 69 70, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 69 70, Rory McIlroy70 69, David Drysdale 68 71, Tom Whitehouse 68 71, Andres Romero (Arg) 68 71, Ross McGowan 69 70, Gregory Havret (Fra) 69 70
140 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 71 69, James Kingston (Rsa) 70 70, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 70 70, Anthony Wall 70 70, Iain Pyman 69 71, Andrew Oldcorn 71 69, Stephen Gallacher 72 68, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 73 67, Alastair Forsyth 73 67, Paul McGinley70 70
141 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 72 69, Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 73 68, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 68 73, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 72 69, Phillip Price 70 71, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 71 70, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 72 69, Peter Hanson (Swe) 70 71, Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 70 71, Marc Warren 70 71, Sven Struver (Ger) 67 74, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 66 75, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 70 71, Thomas Levet (Fra) 67 74, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 70 71, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 73 68
The following players failed to make the cut
142 Anton Haig (Rsa) 71 71, Christopher Hanell (Swe) 72 70, Greig Hutcheon 71 71, Stuart Manley 71 71, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 73 69, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 72 70, Carl Suneson (Spa) 72 70, Jamie Donaldson 70 72, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 73 69
143 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 71 72, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 71 72, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 69 74, David Griffiths 72 71, Peter Baker 71 72, Soren Hansen (Den) 70 73, Benn Barham 72 71, Nick Dougherty 71 72, Simon Dyson 71 72, Lloyd Saltman 74 69, John Gallacher 68 75, Richard Finch 70 73, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 74 69, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 69 74
144 Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 73 71, Colin Montgomerie 69 75, Darren Clarke71 73, Graeme Storm 72 72, Jonas Blixt (Swe) 71 73, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 78 66, Lee Slattery 73 71, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 75 69, James Kamte (Rsa) 76 68, Pablo Martin (Spa) 67 77
145 Gary Orr 73 72, Leif Westerberg (Swe) 72 73, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 73 72, Sion Bebb 72 73, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 72 73, Paul Broadhurst 71 74, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 73 72, Sam Walker 71 74, Sam Little 75 70, Bradley Dredge 75 70, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 73 72
146 Steve Webster 71 75, Anders Hansen (Den) 70 76, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 76 70, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 69 77, Phillip Archer 74 72, Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 70 76, Peter Fowler (Aus) 70 76, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 74 72
147 Callum Macaulay 74 73, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 73 74, Stephen Dodd 74 73, Ariel Canete (Arg) 68 79, Reinier Saxton (Ned) 73 74, Simon Lilly 72 75
148 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 74 74, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 75 73, Scott Drummond 74 74, Barry Lane 71 77
149 Andrew Coltart 75 74, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 69 80, Danny Willett 74 75, Miles Tunnicliff 73 76
150 Martin Wiegele (Aut) 72 78, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 79 71, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 76 74
151 Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 70 81
152 Peter Whiteford 76 76, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 75 77
156 Paul Streeter 79 77, Marcel Siem (Ger) 70 86
Withdrawn: 76 Jose Manuel Lara (Spa)
