Syme and Johnston in GB team at Gleneagles

Next week’s inaugural European Golf Team Championships at Gleneagles is now set to feature an all-scottish team representing Great Britain.

In a late change, Connor Syme and Liam Johnston have been paired together in one of three GB teams taking part in the men’s event at the Perthshire venue.

The duo’s participation offsets the blow of Richie Ramsay, the highest-ranked male player on the original list of entrants, having withdrawn. The Aberdonian had been due to team up with Ryan Evans, but the Englishman is also no longer on the final team list for the groundbreaking event.

Two other Scots – Catriona Matthew and Michele Thomson – are also taking part in the event, which starts next Wednesday and offers equal prize-money.

Meanwhile, former professional Euan Mcintosh was among the leading qualfiers for the match-play stage of the Scottish Amateur Championship at Blairgowrie.

The 49-year-old, who is set to have a crack at qualifying for the Champions Tour next season, eased through the stroke-play phase after adding a 69 on Rosemount to his opening 70 on Lansdowne.

Mcintosh made his secondday score by carding five birdies in a back nine of 32 at the Perthshire venue.