New Zealand number one Danny Lee's one shot off the pace at the Scottish golf Open, after a sparkling second round of 66.
The strong winds of yesterday eased and Lee cashed in to move to 7-under par, and into a share of second place alongside England's Eddie Pepperell.
He was holding the outright lead when he went to the clubhouse, but was run down by Sweden's Alex Noren late in the day.
It was definitely a lot easier than the first round for Lee, who's making a swift transition to the links course from the PGA Tour in the United States, ahead of the British Open at Royal Troon next week.
"I didn't make any mistakes, and I made a lot of birdies out there, which was good," Lee said.
"It looks like I'm heading in the right direction. It is beautiful out here".
Lee's in Inverness after the cancellation of his title defence at the Greenbrier Classic, due to devastating floods.
"It's really unfortunate what happened to the West Virginia area. I'm donating money to the people there for every birdie and eagle.
"Hopefully I can make a few more over the next couple of days and get some eagle in there too"
Lee's set to represent New Zealand at the Olympics and Ryan Fox remains on track to join him in Rio.
Ryan Fox is keeping his nose in front of fellow-Kiwi golfer Michael Hendry in their race for Olympic qualification with two days remaining at tournaments in Europe and Japan.
World No.190 Fox is battling with 207th-ranked Hendry qualify as the second Kiwi for Rio behind assured selection Danny Lee.
Results this weekend will settle a month-long duel, with both in-form golfers still a chance to have the higher ranking when they are updated on the Olympic deadline day of Monday.
Fox was leading after the first round of a secondary Challenge Tour event in Slovakia and had slipped to third at the midway point.
His second-round score of three-under 69 leaves him two shots behind Norwegian leader Espen Kofstad at the Slovakia Challenge in Senica.
There are more ranking points on offer at the Japan PGA Championship in Hokkaido, where Hendry climbed eight places on Friday to be third.
His second round of four-under 68 was bettered by only by the 67 to runaway Japanese leader Toshinori Muto.
Hendry is on six-under, seven strokes behind Muto but only one off second place.
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