Colin Montgomerie shot a 6-under 65 today to put the pressure on first-round leader Sergio Garcia and take the early clubhouse lead in the second round of the Loch Lomond tournament.

Montgomerie, seeking his first victory in his native Scottish, reached the halfway mark at 8-under 134. That put him in second place on the leaderboard behind Garcia, the 19-year-old Spanish sensation who fired a 9-under 62 Wednesday.

Garcia, who won the Irish Open Sunday in only his sixth tournament as a pro, was teeing off for his second round just as Montgomerie was finishing.

Montgomerie had five birdies in the first six holes and made the turn in 31. He collected a sixth birdie by holing from 10 feet at the 345-yard 14th. He had several other birdie chances on the back nine but failed to convert.

Among the other late starters was Sweden's Jesper Parnevik, who trailed Garcia by two strokes after the opening round.

Nick Faldo chipped in three times, but finished with only a 70 for a halfway total of 4-under 138.

Faldo shot a 33 on the front nine to go 6-under, but despite three successive birdies from the 14th, he had a bogey at the 10th, a double bogey 7 at the 13th, then two closing bogeys.

"It was a very eventful round," Faldo said. ``Inconsistent is the word.''