Els scrapes through to make cut

Ernie Els was forced to work hard to preserve his record of not missing a halfway cut in a European tour event since 1999, 76 events ago.

Els was down in 80th place with seven holes of his second round to go in the Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond and with only the top 65 and ties qualifying for the final 36 holes a run stretching back to his disqualification from the German Masters seven years ago was in danger of ending.