Krystle Caithness and Michele Thomson, both members of last year’s Curtis Cup team, shared the Scottish honours on level par 146 at the halfway stage of the £450,000 Deutsche Bank Swiss Open at Golf Gerre Losonne.

In miserable, rainy conditions, Caithness, the 20-year-old from St Regulus, followed her opening 71 with a 75, while Thomson had four second half birdies in a second successive 73.

The two rookies were tied for 38th place and were joined inside the cut line by a third rookie Scot, Pamela Feggans. The former US Futures Tour player from Patna in Ayrshire carded a 72 and made it into the top 69 for the weekend on the final mark of two over par.

Finland’s Jenni Kuosa shot a 70 for nine under 137 and led by two shots from Germany’s Nicole Gergely (69) and England’s Melissa Reid, who fired a 68 in her bid for a first Ladies’ European Tour title.   

The other three Scots all missed the cut. Lynn Kenny was two strokes too many on four over par after a 72, Clare Queen had a 75 for six over and another Scottish rookie, Vikki Laing, shot a 79 for ten over.