The Australian PGA Championship gets back underway on Saturday after Friday’s action was shortened to 54 holes after wet weather at the Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane.
There were more than five hours of delays to the second round, with players returning on Saturday to finish their second round before the 36-hole cut is made.
The third and final round will then take place on Sunday.
Australian Elvis Smylie was the overnight leader after an opening-round 65, while Cameron Smith and Jason Day were two shots behind in a big group that stood at four-under-par.
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However, Englishman Matthew Southgate made a strong start on Saturday with five pars before rattling off four-straight birdies to surge up the leaderboard.
He currently leads the way at seven-under, just ahead of Smylie who tees off at 11.40am.
Meanwhile, there is a four-way tie for third with Victorian Matias Sanchez in the mix alongside Switzerland’s Joel Girrbach, Paraguay’s Ricardo Gouveia and Spaniard Ivan Cantero at five-under.
Fortunately, the weather forecast is looking far more promising for Saturday, with a 40 per cent chance of rain but only a maximum of two millimetres forecast by the Bureau of Meteorology.
Showers are most likely during the morning and afternoon.
Meanwhile, Sunday’s forecast is even better with a 30 per cent of rain and a maximum of one millimetre expected with a slight chance of rain in the morning.
NOTABLE TEE TIMES – ROUND 2, SATURDAY (ALL TIMES AEDT)
6:10am – Victor Perez, Cam Davis, Lucas Herbert
11:10am – Min Woo Lee, Cam Smith, Jason Day
11:20am – Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Marc Leishman, Harry Higgs
11:40am – Elvis Smylie, Dan Gale, Adrien Saddier
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