Phil Mickelson overcame a slow start for the second straight day at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, and he earned himself a weekend tee time in the process.
Mickelson flirted with the cut line for much of his second round at Gullane Golf Club, but after a late string of birdies the American moved well into red figures in his final tune-up before the Open Championship.
After an opening-round 69, Mickelson birdied his second hole but after back-to-back bogeys on Nos. 11 and 12, the southpaw found himself on the wrong side of the projected cut line, which will trim the field to the top 65 players plus ties.