Conor Purcell makes move as Min Woo Lee leads and Cam Smith implodes at Australian PGA

Min Woo Lee shot a five-under-par 66 to lead former world number one Adam Scott by a shot at the halfway stage of the Australian PGA Championship on Friday as reigning champion Cameron Smith shot a woeful 78 to miss the cut by a hefty margin.

Lee grabbed the first two of his six birdies in the opening three holes to hit the top of the leaderboard but former Masters champion Scott played some brilliant golf to stay on the 25-year-old's heels throughout the day at Royal Queensland.

Scott sunk back-to-back birdies at the third and fourth holes, lipped out with his approach shot at the 10th and narrowly missed out on an albatross when his tee shot pinged off the flag at the 12th.

The Queenslander then also lipped out with his eagle putt but did manage to pick up a sixth birdie and parred his way home for a 65 and second place behind Lee, who drained a 10-foot birdie putt at the 15th to move to 12-under for the tournament.

Following a level-par opening round on Thursday, Conor Purcell carded a four-under 67 to move up to a tie for 21st place. The Portmarnock man recorded eight birdies and four bogeys during an eventful round in Brisbane.

He will be the only Irishman teeing it up over the weekend as Tom McKibbin and Mark Power both missed the cut.

Holywood's McKibbin shot a second successive 71 to finish on level par, one shot outside the cut mark. Power was two shots further back as he failed to back up a promising open 69, slumping to a birdie-free second round 75.

"It's always nice to have a bogey-free round, I probably haven't had many of them this year," said Scott, who won the title in 2013 and 2019.

"I feel like my swing from the tee to the green is feeling better than it has for a while and that's a nice thing for me."

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