Lyle charge halted by tree trouble

In a real blast from the past Sandy Lyle made a charge through the field in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles today – until his ball got stuck up a tree.

After making his first halfway cut since the same event last year the former Open and Masters champion, now 48 and playing mostly on invitation after losing his European and US Tour cards, covered the first 17 holes of his third round in four under.