Vikki Laing and �Pamela �Feggans have flown the flag for Scotland with some �success but very little fanfare on the Duramed US Futures Tour over the past couple of seasons.

Vikki Laing and Pamela Feggans have flown the flag for Scotland with some success but very little fanfare on the Duramed US Futures Tour over the past couple of seasons. Now the two exiles want to step into the limelight on the European circuit, and their fate will be decided over the next nine taxing days at LaManga in Spain.

In all, 10 Scots are chasing cards at the Ladies' European Tour school, with Laing and Feggans joining Curtis Cup pair Michele Thomson and Krystle Caithness, professional Karyn Burns and amateurs Emily Ogilvy, Jocelyn Carthew and Kylie Walker in the pre-qualifying running from today to Saturday.

Lynn Kenny and Jenna Wilson, who both failed to hold on to their cards last year, are already through to the final stage from Monday to Thursday next week.

For 27-year-old Laing, a record four-time Scottish girls' champion, it has been a frustrating five seasons as a paid player. She did gain a non-exempt card for the LPGA Tour in 2004 and '05, but did not secure enough starts to make any sort of impact.

She then joined the Futures Tour, and underlined her undoubted potential when she became the first Scot to win on the second-tier circuit in the States at the 2007 Gettysburg Championship.

Her long-held dream of becoming a full-time player on the LPGA Tour took another body blow last month when she was well-placed at the 90-hole qualifying school in Florida only to suffer the indignity of a third round disqualification after she mistakenly signed for the wrong card.

"It was really disappointing, but I have to put it behind me," she reflected during a festive break back home in Musselburgh. "I'm feeling pretty good about facing the LET test.

"I've been to see my coach, Simon Fletcher at Morecambe Bay and, if I get my full card, I'll definitely play in Europe for the whole of this year. The LET offers good prize money, has a great schedule and is very competitive. It is definitely the place to be.

"While Laing had three top 10s and earned around £8500 last year, Feggans, from Patna in Ayshire, had a career-best tie for seventh in a rookie year that secured just over £6000. The 26-year-old admits she is "a wee bit nervous" about the enormity of the next few days, but she has been helped by her long-time coach, Kirremuir's Karyn Dallas.

There are 107 players in the pre-qualifying, and the top 60 will go forward to make up a 90-strong line-up for the final school. Thirty players will get full cards.