Brendan McCarroll shrugged off a neck injury to remain on the fringes of contention but Stephen Grant lost focus after a lightning start and missed the cut on the Alps Tour in Spain.
Getting stuck in a traffic jam did Stephen Grant's game little good in the first round of the Alps de las Castillas — the first continental European event of the 2015 Alps Tour schedule.
Challenge Tour — Rathmore's Alan Dunbar birdied three of his last four holes to move up to tied 25th with a round to go in the Scottish Hydro Challenge hosted by Macdonald Hotels and Resorts.