Double bogey and out for Seve

Needing a birdie at the final hole to survive the halfway cut in the Turespana Masters-Balearic Open at Santa Ponsa - a course where he has triumphed twice before - Ballesteros ran up a double-bogey six for a 76 and seven over par total of 151.

''Just a bad day - one of those that happens,'' said the 41-year-old, who has not won a tournament for three years and has had only one top 10 finish in the last 18 months.

However, it still looks odds-on a Spanish winner tomorrow. Santiago Luna and Miguel Angel Jimenez lead the race for the #58,330 top prize on seven under, with compatriots Jose Rivero and Miguel Angel Martin two strokes behind.

Pre-tournament favourite Bernhard Langer, still troubled by a neck strain, is eight back on one over, while Woking-based Scot Andrew McKenna and Lytham's John Hawksworth, joint third overnight, both collapsed to 78s and fell nine adrift.

Langer partnered Ballesteros and said: ''It's hard work for him. In the first round he hit some really crooked ones.''

A 25-foot eagle putt on the long thirteenth gave last year's Ryder Cup captain a chance of qualifying, but he was bunkered at the short fifteenth and bogeyed, then sent a pitch from just short of the eighteenth green into a guarding bunker.

Luna, who shared the first day pace with Martin, added a 70 to his 67 in the windier conditions, but Jimenez, right-hand man to Ballesteros against the Americans last September, grabbed seven birdies to go joint top.

The last of them came with a superb two-iron to nine feet on the 437-yard ninth.

Martin chipped in at the last for a 72 alongside Rivero, whose 70 contained two bogey sixes, but also four birdies. Totals after second round. Scores (GB or Ireland unless stated) *denotes amateurs:

137 - S Luna (Spain) 67 70, M-A Jimenez (Spain) 69 68.

139 - M-A Martin (Spain) 67 72, J Rivero (Spa) 69 70.

140 - M Reale (Italy) 68 72, A Cabrera (Argentina) 71 69.

141 - K Tomori (Japan) 74 67.

142 - J Bickerton 70 72, M Long (New Zealand) 71 71, M Florioli (Italy) 72 70, A Wall 70 72.

143 - J Wade (Australia) 68 75, A Clapp 72 71, P Broadhurst 71 72, R Johnson 71 72, M Mackenzie 72 71, D Borrego (Spain) 70 73.

144 - D Howell 72 72, V Phillips 75 69, A Sandywell 70 74, S Bennett 70 74, P McGinley 71 73, A Hansen (Denmark) 73 71.

145 - *R Quiros (Spain) 69 76, *S Garcia (Spain) 70 75, D Lee 70 75, A Beal 72 73, B Langer (Germany) 72 73, M Mouland 74 71, P Linhart (Spain) 72 73.

146 - Y Beamonte (Spain) 74 72, A McKenna 68 78, R Jacquelin (France) 71 75, B Davis 71 75, P Mitchell 72 74, J Hawksworth 68 78, M Pendaries (France) 72 74, G Hutcheon 70 76, M Campbell (New Zealand) 74 72, R Lee 71 75, A Forsbrand (Sweden) 72 74, HP Thuel (Germany) 73 73, M Gortana (Italy) 74 72, M Goggin (Australia) 73 73, I Giner (Spain) 69 77.

147 - F Valera (Spain) 75 72, P Streeter 73 74, F Roca (Spain) 72 75, S Scahill (New Zealand) 73 74, J Singh (India) 72 75, S Cage 73 74, O Eliasson (Sweden) 72 75, J Mellor 72 75, A Salto (Spain) 73 74, G Nicklaus (USA) 76 71, B Hafthorsson (Iceland) 72 75, D Hospital (Spain) 72 75, J Robson 72 75, F De Pablo (Spain) 75 72.

148 - T Gillis (USA) 76 72, O Edmond (France) 74 74, D Edlund (Sweden) 74 74, G Owen 77 71, S Kjeldsen (Denmark) 73 75, R Derksen (Netherlands) 72 76, P Curry 74 74, M Blackey 76 72, N Briggs 74 74, E Canonica (Italy) 77 71, F Cea (Spain) 73 75, S Richardson 74 74, D Westermark (Sweden) 73 75, R Drummond 75 73, R Gonzalez (Spain) 75 73, R Wessels (Russia) 73 75, A Binaghi (Italy) 72 76, B Solanes (Spain) 75 73, M Davis 73 75.

Non-Qualifiers included:

150 - GJ Brand 72 78; 151 - C Clark 75 76, S Ballesteros (Spain); M Pinero (Spain) 73 78; 154 - I Garrido (Spain) 77 77; 158 - M Ballesteros (Spain) 77 81; 161 - D Thomson 83 78. Withdrawn: P Walton.

qBritain's Tommy Horton fought off a severe stomach upset to return an opening round of 70 in the #150,000 Beko Seniors Classic at the Gloria Resort course in Turkey and it left the defending champion two strokes behind tournament leader Geoff Parslow of Australia. Scores:

68 - G Parslow (Australia).

70 - B Verwey (Russia), A Gardio (Spain), J Dolan (USA), P Leonard (Northern Ireland), D Oakley (USA), J McDermott (Ireland), T Horton (Great Britain).

71 - B Lockie (Scotland), S Adwick (Great Britain), P Townsend (Great Britain), M Gregson (Great Britain), J Fourie (Russia), R Lendzion (USA).

72 - J Cabo (Spain), G Parkihill (Northern Ireland), B Waites (Great Britain), B Brask (USA), D O'Sullivan (Ireland), A Croce (Italy), N Ratcliffe (Australia), J Rhodes (Great Britain).

qGREAT Britain and Ireland beat the Continent of Europe 11-9 at Valderrama in a two-day international between players who had taken part in St Andrews Trophy matches in previous years.

Top performer for the British was Englishman John Davies, who played in four successive Walker matches between 1973 and 1979 and now lives in the south of Spain. Davies had a 100% record through the three sessions of play - four-balls, foursomes and singles.

Of the six Scots in action, Colin Dalgleish and Sandy Pirie were the most successful with two wins out of three apiece. Results (GB&I players first):

Four-ball foursomes - Ian Carslaw (Scotland), Colin Dalgleish (Scotland) lost to Edwardo de la Riva (Spain), Freddie Rodesch (Belgium) 2 holes; Hugh Stuart (Scotland), John Davies (England) beat Veit Pagel (Germany), Lorenzo Silva (Italy) 2 and 1; Sandy Pirie (Scotland), Scott Macdonald (Scotland) beat Ramon Taya (Spain), Nuno Pereira-Merchado (Portugal) 1 hole; David Frame (England), Keith Macintosh (Scotland) lost to Alberto Croce (Italy), Didier Chamat (France) 2 and 1; John Beharrell (England), Bruce Critchley (England) beat Christian Strenger (Germany), Gatan Morgue d'Algue (France) 4 and 3 (3-2).

Foursomes - Carslaw, Macintosh beat De la Riva, Taya 1 hole; Stuart, Pirie lost to Pagel, Strenger 1 hole; Frame, Davies beat Croce, Silva 1 hole; Critchley, Dalgleish beat Pereira-Merchado, Rodesch 7 and 6; Beharrell, Macdonald lost to Chamat, Morgue d'Algue 4 and 3 (3-2).

Singles - Dalgleish beat De la Riva 2 and 1; Carslaw halved with Strenger; Davies beat Pagel 2 and 1; Macintosh halved with Taya; Critchley lost to Croce 2 and 1; Stuart lost to Pereira-Merchado 1 hole; PIrie beat Silva 6 and 5; Macdonald lost to Chamat 1 hole; Beharrell lost to Rodesch 1 hole; Frame beat Morgue d'Algue 3 and 2 (5-5).

qFormer Scottish strokeplay champion Alan Reid, East Renfrewshire's David Orr and Robert Arnott, of the Bishopbriggs Golf Range, shared the lead after the first round of the Robison & Davidson 36 Hole pro-am at Portpatrick yesterday after carding six-under-par 64's.