Australian amateur Aaron Pike followed up his record-tying round of 64 with a 3-under 69 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead after two rounds of the Australian Masters.
The 21-year-old Pike, who led by one stroke after the first round, bogeyed the 17th and 18th holes Friday, his only blemishes in 36 holes on a course he played in a competitive round for the first time Thursday.
In his first round, Pike, who is at 11-under 133, equaled the Hungtingdale course record set last year by Australian Nick O'Hern at the Masters.
Justin Rose is in second place after he shot a 66 for a 9-under 135.
Kurt Barnes also shot 66 and is in third at 136, followed by a group of five tied for fourth, including former Australian Open champion Greg Chalmers (67) and last week's winner of the Australian Open at Royal Sydney, John Senden (68).
Defending champion Robert Allenby shot 71 Friday and is tied for 15th at 140, seven behind Pike.
Rose bogeyed his last three holes Thursday, but didn't let that affect him in Friday's round.
"I walked off the golf course and said, 'OK you finished bogey-bogey-bogey,' but I think it was the second-best score of the afternoon so it was still a really good start," said Rose. "So I looked at it positively."
135 Justin Rose 69 66 136 Kurt Barnes (Aus) 70 66
137 Greg Chalmers (Aus) 70 67, Simon Khan 71 66, John Senden (Aus) 69 68
139 James Nitties (Aus) 71 68, Carl Suneson (Spa) 68 71, Peter Lonard (Aus) 68 71
140 Nathan Green (Aus) 73 67, Gary Simpson (Aus) 75 65, Robert Allenby (Aus) 69 71, Craig Parry (Aus) 68 72
141 Richard Green (Aus) 70 71, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 73 68, Paul Casey 71 70, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 72 69, Peter Fowler (Aus) 71 70
142 Aron Price (Aus) 71 71, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 74 68, Pete Nolan (Aus) 71 71, Nick Dougherty 65 77, Peter Senior (Aus) 72 70, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 75 67
143 Damien McGrane 76 67, Lee S James 74 69, Brendan Chant (Aus) 75 68, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 74 69, Jarrod Moseley (Aus) 73 70
144 Daniel Chopra (Swe) 75 69, Adam Crawford (Aus) 71 73, Gary Murphy 74 70, Aaron Black (Aus) 70 74, Andrew Tampion (Aus) 75 69, Danny Vera (Aus) 72 72, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 71 73
145 Simon Dyson 77 68, Brett Rumford (Aus) 75 70, James Heath 75 70, Adam Porker (Aus) 76 69, Michael Wright (Aus) 74 71, Jason Norris (Aus) 74 71, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 74 71, Rafael Bello (Spa) 74 71
146 Phillip Price 74 72, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 73 73, Garry Houston 77 69, Mark Foster 72 74
147 Michael Campbell (Nzl) 74 73, Marc Leishman (Aus) 77 70, Alistair Presnell (Aus) 75 72, Marcus Higley 76 71, Brad Lamb (Aus) 76 71, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 70 77, Andrew Raitt 74 73, Peter Lawrie 77 70, Rohan Blizard (Aus) 74 73
148 Kevin Stadler (USA) 78 70, Adam Groom (Aus) 74 74, Gary Emerson 77 71, Ben Burge (Aus) 76 72, David Lutterus (Rsa) 74 74, Craig Scott (Aus) 76 72, Tim Milford 76 72, Michael McGrath (Aus) 82 66, James Hepworth 72 76, Jonathan Lomas 74 74, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 74 74
149 Will MacKenzie (USA) 77 72, Ricky Schmidt (Aus) 76 73, Scott Draper (Rsa) 75 74, Matthew Zions (Aus) 80 69, Ryan Haller (Aus) 73 76
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