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Indian Americans Sahith Theegala: Rory McIlroy, who spent the last few months struggling for motivation after his Masters achievement in Augusta, seems to be finding his form as he shot 2-under 68 and 5-under 65 in the first two rounds which put him in contention at this week’s Scottish Open.

He trails leader Chris Gotterup by four strokes at the Renaissance Club. Gotterup rocketed to the top of the leaderboard following a sensational 61 to lead by two shots.

Indo-British Aaron Rai has shot 69-67 and is tied-26th, as Indian Americans Sahith Theegala and Akshay Bhatia have skipped the event this week.