Rory McIlroy heads into next week's British Open Championship on the back of a third missed cut in four events as his poor form continued at the Scottish Open.
Three-time major winner Padraig Harrington (68) is nine-under par and shares the lead with German Alexander Knappe (65) and England's Callum Shinkwin (68).
Australia's Andrew Dodt and Englishman Ian Poulter fired rounds of 69 to be one shot off the pace in a tie for fourth.
American Rickie Fowler (70) is in a trio at seven-under while Adam Scott slipped to 15th, to sit alongside fellow Australian Jason Scrivener at four-under par.
The 2013 Masters champion Scott carded a 71 but Scrivener moved up the leaderboard with a 68, helped by four birdies in seven holes.
Veteran Aussie Sam Brazel (69) also made the cut after finishing at three-under par, in a group that includes 2016 Open champion Henrik Stenson.
McIlroy was hoping memories of his last appearance in the event would kickstart his injury-hit season.
The world No.4 finished 14th in 2014 before going on to win the Open, WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and US PGA in his next three starts.
However, the 28-year-old could only add a 71 to his opening 74 at the Dundonald Links Course to finish one-over par and admitted his birdie attempt on the 18th to have a chance of making the weekend was "terrible".
"I'm frustrated, but at the same time I thought I saw some good signs out there," McIlroy said.
"I thought my putting improved this week compared to last week. I hit some better wedges today, but still room for improvement.
"It's hard to sort of put my finger on it. But it's not like I'm shooting 76s and 77s.
"It's all around even par, but even par these days isn't good enough."
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