Logjam for the lead

Five players share the lead on two-under-par 68 and another eight are breathing down their necks from the 69 mark at the halfway stage of the PGA in Scotland's Tain-Brora 36-hole Challenge.

The first round was over the par 70 Tain and setting the pace as the field moves up to Brora, the most northerly venue for the Tartan Tour, are Jonathan Cliff (Murrayfield), Ross MacLeod (Clydeway Golf), Chris Kelly (Cawder), Gareth Wright (West Linton) and Craig Ronald (Carluke).

Kelly (pictured) would have been the clear leader, possibly, but for a double bogey six at the sixth. His bag of six birdies was the biggest of the day and the Cawder man finished well with birdie at the 16th and 17th. 

MacLeod could also have been No 1 on his own but for a bogey-bogey finish 

First prize is £1,103 and easier to name the Grand National winner than predict who will step up to collect the four-figure cheque at the conclusion of this popular two-rounder in the far North.