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.