Hayston's Stephen Gray leads the field by three strokes with one round to play in the Tartan Tour's Tomatin Single Malt 54-hole pro-am tournament over three courses, Royal Dornoch, Nairn and Castle Stuart.
Gray, who has shot a three-under 67 at Dornoch, followed by a seven-birdie, four-under 68 at Castle Stuart, is on seven-under 135 with his final round over the Nairn links.
The task facing his closest rival, James McKinnon (Irvine), is to make up the leeeway on a different course, in his case, the par-70 Royal Dornoch.
McKinnon has so far shot a par 72 at Castle Stuart and an excellent six-under 66 at Nairn.
In third place is Welsh PGA Cup player Gareth Wright (West Linton) who has had a 67 and 72 for 139.
Round of the second day was a seven-under-par 65 by Greg McBain (Gamola Golf) at Castle Stuart. Strictly on numerical order, McBain is joint sixth on 141. He plays Nairn for his last round.
The fact that the top 10 or 12 players will be spread over three different courses means that there could well be a major upheaval in the overnight standings - but Gray looks a hot favourite for the big first prize.
TOMATIN SINGLE MALT 54-HOLE PRO-AM
Royal Dornoch, Castle Stuart, Nairn courses
LEADING SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
135 S Gray (Hayston) 67 68
139 J McKinnon (Irvine) 72 66
139 G Wright (West Linton) 67 72
140 R Geilenberg (unatt) 72 68, A Oldcorn (Kings Acre) 71 69 S Lilly (Wellingborough) 71 69
141 G McBain (Gamola Golf) 76 65, J Lomas (Caprington) 69 72.
142 N Fenwick (Dunbar) 68 74, L Saltman (Archerfield) 68 74, G Hutcheon (Banchory) 69 73.
143 G Fox (Clydeway Golf) 69 74, C Currie (Caldwell) 69 74, J Hepworth (Ilkley) 73 70, P McKechnie (Braid Hills) 68 75, C Goodfellow (Penrith) 70 73, M King (Kingsfield) 73 70
144 A Crerar (Panmure) 70 74
145 C Russell (RAW golf course design) 72 73, G Brown (Montrose Links) 73 72, C Everett (Caldwell) 68 77
146 C Kelly (Cawder) 72 74, C Ronald (Carluke) 74 72, D Orr (Mearns Castle) 72 74.
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