Scot Andrew Coltart matched his lowest-ever round in the championship with a six under par 66, after commentating on the event for the past two years.

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Also teeing off will be Aberdeen's Richie Ramsay, the only Scot to have won on the European Tour this season, and compatriots Andrew Coltart, Alastair Forsyth, Paul Lawrie, Gary Orr and Marc Warren.

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Dredge joined Irishman Shane Lowry, Gareth Maybin of Northern Ireland, Dane Thomas Bjorn, Spaniards Jose Manuel Lara and Ignacio Garrido, Tano Goya of Argentina and Scots Andrew Coltart and Montgomerie, theEuropean Ryder Cup captain, in qualifying outright at international final qualifying.

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