For the second week running Colin Montgomerie ended up making a halfway cut he firmly expected to miss.
Europe's Ryder Cup captain will now try to force his way into contention in the Barclays Scottish Open just as he did at the French Open last weekend.
Despite making birdies at the last four holes for a second-round 69, Montgomerie assumed his level-par aggregate would see him crashing out of his national championship for the third year running.
But six-and-a-half hours later the 46-year-old's place in the final two rounds was confirmed when Martin Erlandsson, playing in the last group, lost a ball and triple-bogeyed his final hole.
A birdie there from the Swede would have knocked out not only Montgomerie, but also defending champion Graeme McDowell. Erlandsson was actually two under with three to play, but dropped five shots in the last three.
Montgomerie had been full of doom and gloom after his round.
"I'm not playing very well at all," he sighed.
"My game has gone back to where it's been for the last one-and-a-half years - disappointing.
"But never mind - we'll keep going. Turn up next Thursday (the start of the Open at Turnberry) and give it a run - that might be the answer."
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