MacIntyre sets himself up for Turkish delight

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Oban’s Robert MacIntyre is sitting tied second at the halfway stage of the Turkish Airlines Challenge.

The Glencruitten member, in his rookie year on the Challenge Tour, followed up an opening round 66 with a four-under-par 68 for 10-under total.

The highlight of MacIntyre’s round was an albatross at the 514-yard par-5 18th.

Italian Lorenzo Gagli leads the event by two strokes after successive scores of 66.

Grantown’s Duncan Stewart (six under) was among four Scots to make the cut, with Liam Johnston and Ewen Ferguson (seven under) also in the field for the weekend.

England’s Matt Wallace is relishing being the man to catch after claiming the halfway lead in the China Open in Beijing.

Wallace added a second round of 70 to his opening 65 at Topwin Golf and Country Club to finish nine under par, a shot ahead of Australian Jason Scrivener, Spain’s Nacho Elvira and American Sihwan Kim.

Defending champion Alexander Levy struggled to a 73 to be two under par but, with the cut falling at one under, the entire 69-strong field is separated by just eight shots.

Wallace, who led from start to finish to claim his first European Tour title in Portugal last year, said: “I’m going to sleep on the lead, which I kind of like doing and I’ll go out tomorrow and try to play as well as possible. I love leading from start to finish if I can, I’ve done it a few times on the Alps Tour.