Lucas Herbert made the most of favourable conditions to take a one-shot lead into the weekend at the Scottish Open.
The Australian added a second round of 65 to his opening 66 at The Renaissance Club to top the leaderboard at 11-under par as he goes in search of a second European Tour title in 2020 following his victory in Dubai in January.
"I'm pretty happy. To be honest I turned up here on Wednesday and hit it all over the place. Sort of not really expecting too much the last few days, but it's kind of all come together nicely," said Herbert.
"A second victory would be great at the moment, but yeah, Rolex Series would be pretty cool. I would like to look at Johnny walking around with a gold caddie bib on, so that's definitely something that I'd like to do.
"Really haven't played that well in the Rolex Series so far in my career, so it would be a good step forward this week to put in a good result, whether it's a win or whether it's a top 10 or a top 20. I think that would be a good step forward."
Englishman Robert Rock sits one shot off the pace, with his countrymen Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood forming the chasing pack.
Poulter carded 66 on Friday to move to nine under par alongside his playing partner and overnight leader Westwood, who followed Thursday’s brilliant 62 with a 71.
Former Open champion Paul Lawrie hit the final shot of his storied European Tour career on home soil today in his 620th, and final, appearance.
The 51-year-old has been one of Europe's most recognisable figures for close to three decades in a playing career that saw him become a champion on eight occasions - including the 1999 Open Championship at Carnoustie.
"I would say that I've obviously been fortunate enough to have been a decent player, to have won a few, and every win is special because I never thought I'd win any to be honest. Never thought I would play in any, never mind win any," said Lawrie.
"The Open was out of this world and to have your name on that is unbelievable. So been a great time."
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Leading scores after the second round of the European Tour Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club (GBR and IRL unless stated, par 71):
131 - Lucas Herbert (AUS) 66-65
132 - Robert Rock 65-67
133 - Ian Poulter 67-66, Lee Westwood 62-71
134 - Michal Lorenzo-Vera (FRA) 68-66
135 - Joost Luiten (NED) 63-72, Kalle Samooja (FIN) 65-70, Marcus Kinhult (SWE) 66-69
136 - Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR) 69-67, Craig Lee 65-71, Pablo Larrazbal (ESP) 72-64, Wade Ormsby (AUS) 66-70
137 - Sami Vlimki (FIN) 68-69, Shubhankar Sharma (IND) 70-67, Scott Jamieson 64-73, Grant Forrest 71-66, David Horsey 70-67, Tommy Fleetwood 69-68
138 - Eddie Pepperell 68-70, Alexander Bjrk (SWE) 63-75, Masahiro Kawamura (JPN) 69-69, Victor Perez (FRA) 69-69, Mikko Korhonen (FIN) 68-70, Jorge Campillo (ESP) 71-67, Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) 68-70, Li Haotong (CHN) 68-70, Rasmus Hojgaard (DEN) 68-70