Adam Scott birdied two of the last four holes for a 5-under 67 and a one-stroke lead Friday after the second round of the Australian PGA.
The Australian star, playing in difficult afternoon conditions with the ocean breeze up on the Hyatt Regency resort course, had a 10-under 134 total.
"It was pretty solid stuff, good ball-striking," Scott said. "It was pretty tough out there in the wind. I played rather well."
South Africa's Rory Sabbatini and Australian Peter Lonard, who both played in the morning, were tied for second at 9 under. Sabbatini shot a 67, and Lonard had a 69.
Australians Cameron Percy (66) and Scott Laycock (67) and New Zealander David Smail (69) were another stroke back. Australian Michael Sim, who led by a stroke after the first round, was four strokes behind after a 72.
Scott birdied the par-5 15th after a great recovery shot from off the green to take a one-stroke lead, then birdied 16 with a 12-foot putt.
But he bogeyed the 17th after hitting his approach into a bunker and missing a 12-foot putt for par, the ball shaving the right side of the cup.
Playing in the same group over the first two days, Sabbatini, who planned a trip to nearby Australia Zoo on Friday afternoon, and Lonard were critical of their games.
"All things considered, I'm scoring well but not very happy," Sabbatini said. "I've driven the ball well but just made too many mistakes from there."
Lonard made three mistakes Friday -- his first bogeys on the course since 2005.
Lonard had six birdies as well, but his bogey-free streak that stretched back to sixth hole of the final round of the 2005 Australian PGA ended. Lonard lost in a playoff last year to Nick O'Hern, who chipped in from a bunker on the fourth extra hole.
"I knew I hadn't bogeyed one for three years or whatever," Lonard said. "I knew I didn't muck up anything last year."
Lonard said he should have done better Friday.
"It wasn't very good, I really never got it going," Lonard said. "They were perfect conditions, there was no reason not to hit a good score today."
Percy's placing among the leaders was a surprise considering he had to use borrowed clubs in the first round Thursday. He left the U.S. PGA qualifying school tournament in Florida late Monday and arrived in Brisbane north of here early Wednesday, minus his luggage and clubs.
He was forced to play in clothes he had to wash several times over three days, and borrowed a bag, clubs, shoes and balls for his first round, when he shot 70.
"I played so conservatively because I didn't know the clubs and how they were going to react," Percy said.
His suitcase full of clothes and Christmas presents and clubs arrived early Friday morning in time for his second round.
Missing the cut of even-par 144 was Stuart Appleby, who opened with a 78 and shot 71 Friday, and American Brandt Snedeker, who shot 72 Friday to finish at 2 over.
134 Adam Scott 67 67
135 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 68 67, Peter Lonard 66 69
136 Scott Laycock 69 67, David Smail (Nzl) 67 69, Cameron Percy 70 66
138 Adam Bland 68 70, Michael Sim 65 73, Luke Hickmott 71 67, Michael Brennan 70 68, Craig Parry 66 72, Steven Conran 70 68
139 J.B. Holmes 66 73, Scott Gardiner 70 69, Brad Kennedy 70 69, Jason Gore 70 69
140 Nathan Green 71 69, David McKenzie 69 71, Craig Scott 71 69, Ryan Haller 70 70, Richard Green 66 74, Marcus Cain 72 68, David Diaz 69 71
141 Aaron Townsend 68 73, Mahal Pearce (Nzl) 69 72, John Senden 69 72, Gavin Coles 68 73, Nick Flanagan 69 72, Matt Ballard 75 66, Wade Ormsby 73 68, Peter O'Malley 72 69, Ryan Moore 73 68, Marcus Fraser 69 72
142 David Lutterus (Rsa) 68 74, Ben Burge 69 73, Greg Chalmers 72 70, Stephen Leaney 72 70, Nick O'Hern 70 72, Brett Rumford 73 69, Lucas Parsons 70 72, Jarrod Moseley 71 71, Michael Long (Nzl) 68 74, Michael Curtain 70 72
143 Chris Campbell 72 71, Paul Gow 72 71, Andrew Martin 71 72, Scott Adland 72 71, Steven Bowditch 69 74, Wayne Perske 72 71, Wayne Grady 74 69, James Nitties 72 71, Marc Leishman 69 74, Lucas Bates (Can) 71 72, Vernon Sexton-Finck 68 75, Takuya Taniguchi (Jpn) 73 70, Robin Hodgetts (Rsa) 74 69, Paul Sheehan 72 71
144 Matthew Millar 71 73, Aron Price 71 73, Anthony Summers 70 74, Andrew Dodt 72 72, Michael McGrath 68 76, Andrew Tschudin 71 73, Terry Pilkadaris 70 74, Leigh Mckechnie 70 74, Brad Lamb 72 72, Paul Marantz 73 71, Josh Carmichael 73 71, Matthew Ecob 69 75, Ricky Schmidt 73 71, Ewan Porter 68 76
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145 Jarrod Lyle 72 73, Clint Rice 73 72, Anthony Painter 75 70, Scott Sterling 69 76, Hyung-tae Kim (Jpn) 72 73, Tatsuhiko Takahashi (Jpn) 71 74, Peter Fowler 75 70, Ashley Hall 75 70
146 Tom Davis 71 75, Kevin Stadler 76 70, Kang Kyung-nam (Kor) 70 76, Andrew Bonhomme 73 73, Sang-moon Bae (Kor) 72 74, Mark Hensby 75 71, Brandt Snedeker 74 72, Brent O'donoghue 73 73
147 Andrew Tampion 72 75, Peter Nolan 73 74, Chris Downes 74 73, Ben Bunny 71 76, Won Lee (Kor) 75 72, Andrew Pitt 75 72, Peter Senior 70 77, Dean Kinney 71 76, Adam Crawford 75 72, Anthony Brown 72 75
148 Mitchell Tasker 73 75, Steve Alker (Nzl) 72 76, Brendan Chant 76 72, Toshinori Muto (Jpn) 71 77, Steve Jones 76 72, Tristan Lambert 78 70, Lee Hunt 76 72, Shaun Piper 74 74, Paul Donahoo 78 70, Peter Wilson 70 78, Scott Draper (Rsa) 71 77, Rodney Booth 71 77
149 Neven Basic 75 74, Julian Reynolds 71 78, Tigh Van leeuwen 76 73, Martin Doyle 77 72, Nathan Kent 76 73, Eric Egloff 77 72, Aaron Black 76 73, Heath Reed 73 76, Stuart Appleby 78 71
150 Henry Epstein 78 72, Adam Porker 78 72, Ben Wharton 77 73, Bradley Iles (Nzl) 72 78, Kim Felton 73 77, Michael Light 79 71
151 Tim Wise 77 74, Tony McFadyean 78 73, Ed Stedman 76 75, Euan Walters 76 75, Robert Curtis 79 72, Kris Barkway 77 74
152 Darren Kapusi 74 78, Alistair Presnell 76 76, Simon Furneaux 72 80, Steven Jeffress 73 79, Yoshikazu Haku (Jpn) 77 75, Doug Holloway (Nzl) 78 74
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