Spain’s Quim Vidal will take a two-shot advantage into the weekend at the Farmfoods Scottish Challenge supported by The R&A after carding a superb six-under-par 65 in the second round at SCHLOSS Roxburghe.
Starting the day at seven under, the 25-year-old produced five birdies, an eagle, and just one bogey to move to 13 under par for the tournament, two clear of Scottish pair Euan Walker and Daniel Young.
Vidal made a steady start with four opening pars before back-to-back birdies at the fifth and sixth. A dropped shot on the seventh was quickly offset by a brilliant eagle on the par-five 11th, where he struck a three-iron from 210 meters to within two feet. Three further birdies on the back nine completed a strong round.
“I was playing great today,” Vidal said. “I wasn’t holing many putts early on, but I hit it closer on the back nine, which made it easier to roll them in. The eagle on 11 gave me a real boost.”
Already a winner on the HotelPlanner Tour this season at the Delhi Challenge, Vidal sits 12th on the Road to Mallorca Rankings. A win this week would put him on the brink of securing promotion to the DP World Tour.
After missing the cut at the German Challenge and finishing 69th at the D+D REAL Czech Challenge, Vidal remains cautious about expectations: “I haven’t been playing that well recently, so I’m just trying to stay focused and not think too far ahead. The course suits me – it’s firm, so I’m hitting short irons into the greens, and the putting surfaces are rolling nicely.”
Denmark’s Jonathan Gøth-Rasmussen is alone in fourth at 10 under, one ahead of David Law, Marc Warren, Marc Hammer, and Aron Zemmer. Road to Mallorca leader Joshua Berry sits three shots further back in a tie for ninth with Tom Lewis and Will Porter at eight under.
The third round begins at 8:24 a.m. on Saturday, with Vidal teeing off in the final group at 12:59 p.m. alongside Walker and Young.
About the HotelPlanner Tour
The HotelPlanner Tour, formerly the Challenge Tour, had its first official season in 1989, and has developed into a proven training ground, where the champions-in-waiting compete across the globe for a place on the DP World Tour.
Many players who have progressed from the HotelPlanner Tour have gone on to become Major Champions – including Justin Rose, Matt Fitzpatrick and Brooks Koepka – and Ryder Cup stars, such as Tommy Fleetwood, Robert MacIntyre, Nicolai Højgaard and Tyrrell Hatton.
Using its vast international schedule and relationships with golf federations and PGAs, the HotelPlanner Tour is widely accessible to professionals from across the globe, giving players from developing golfing nations the opportunity to test their skill amongst some of the most talented up and coming stars in world golf.
HotelPlanner, a leading travel technology company, has been the title partner of the HotelPlanner Tour since the start of the 2025 season.
About the European Tour group
The European Tour group administers the DP World Tour, the HotelPlanner Tour, the Legends Tour and the G4D Tour and, as the Managing Partner of Ryder Cup Europe LLP, stages golf’s greatest team contest, the Ryder Cup, in partnership with the PGA of America.
The European Tour group has Strategic Partnerships with the PGA TOUR, the Sunshine Tour, the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, the China Golf Association (CGA), the Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO), the Korea Professional Golfers’ Association (KPGA), and the TATA Steel Professional Golf Tour of India. These partnerships provide global pathways for players from across the world to compete internationally on the DP World Tour, the main men’s professional golf Tour of the European Tour group which was established in 1972, as well as the HotelPlanner Tour.
