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Scots pair in Loch call up

SCOTTISH pros Andrew Coltart and Lloyd Saltman head a list of players handed special Loch Lomond invites.

Coltart lost his card last year and will be hoping a high Scottish Open finish secures playing rights for 2009.

Saltman, leading amateur at the 2005 Open, turned pro last September but has found the paid ranks tough going.

The part-timers earning invites this year are Amateur Champion Reinier Saxton, Scottish Amateur title holder John Gallagher and Scottish Golf Union Order of Merit winner Callum Macaulay.

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