EUROPEAN MENS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - Stewart helps Scots to top seeding place

Scotland secured first seed position on Wednesday 2nd July in the 2008 European Mens Team Championship at The Royal Park Golf & Country Club, Turin, Italy, with Michael Stewart (Troon Welbeck) playing his part with a two under par round of 70 in the second round of strokeplay, a six shot improvement for him on his first day effort.

Scotland returned a team total of 698 shots, five ahead of Sweden & Germany.

In the matchplay which begins on Thursday, Scotland will face the defending champions, France, who struggled to make the top flite for the matchplay stages, after a poor second day performance.

LEADING TEAM TOTALS -

698 - SCOTLAND
703 - SWEDEN, GERMANY
705 - ENGLAND
708 - ITALY
709 - SPAIN
719 - IRELAND
722 - FRANCE

The Opening matchplay ties on Thursday are :-

SCOTLAND Vs. FRANCE

ENGLAND Vs. ITALY

SPAIN Vs. GERMANY

IRELAND Vs. SWEDEN