Nailsea golfer Chris Wood carded a 69 in the second round of

the European Tour Johnnie Walker Championship in Gleneagles

yesterday, six shots better than he managed on Thursday.

It meant that Wood, who turned professional after his

brilliant joint fifth finish as an amateur at The Open, stood

five shots off the lead, held by Frenchman Gregory Havret.

Oliver Wilson made the greatest comeback of his golfing life

yesterday to stay on course for a Ryder Cup debut next

month.

Six over par with 10 holes to play and heading out of the

final qualifying event, Wilson grabbed an eagle and two birdies

to survive the halfway cut by the skin of his teeth.

Minutes later, German Martin Kaymer, his biggest danger in

the race for places in Nick Faldo's team, missed four-foot

putts on the final two greens to miss out by one.