Four Australians share the lead after the second round of the ANZ C'ship at New South Wales Golf Club in Sydney. Nathan Green, Brendan Jones, Terry Price and Nick O'Hern were all on 22 points. With a birdie worth two points and an eagle five in the modified stableford tournament, a score of players are well placed to take advantage on Saturday. Conditions are expected to be excellent on that day.
Craig Parry was sitting one point back in a share of fifth, while Stuart Appleby was in 17th place on 18 points in the co-sanctioned Australasian-European event.
The tournament is one of only two in the world to employ the modified Stableford scoring system, used to encourage attacking golf. A birdie wins two points, an eagle five and with a par being zero and a bogey only minus one, the onus is on the players to attack the pin.
An incredible 26 players are separated by just five points, or an eagle. Sweden's Robert Karlsson was alone on 20 points, one ahead of a seven strong pack that included first round leader Peter Fowler and another experienced Australian, Peter Senior.
Ireland's Peter Lawrie failed to make the cut after ending his second round with just 8 points.
