Nick Dougherty’s hopes of turning his consistent form into an overdue second European Tour title suffered an early blow in the second round of the Scandinavian Masters today.

Former Open champion John Daly was on Friday looking for more help from the “golfing gods” to get back into contention for the Scandinavian Masters.

It was a case of Strange by name, strange by nature in the first round of the Scandinavian Masters in Stockholm.

Australian Scott Strange today made the most of his last-minute call up to the Scandinavian Masters by setting the clubhouse target in the first round.