Ian Poulter surges five strokes clear in

weather-hit Singapore Open

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Ian Poulter established a mammoth five-shot lead at the halfway point of the weather- interrupted Barclays Singapore Open after blitzing a flawless seven under par 64 second round for a 12-under-par 36-hole tally of 130 at Sentosa Golf Cub today.
Daniel Chopra had set the clubhouse lead on Friday night at seven-under-par following a bogey free six under 65, but was eclipsed by the brilliant Poulter and the Swede was forced to settle for a share of second on 135 with qualifier Chan Yih-shin of Chinese Taipei, who was also bogey free for his 68.
Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell completed his final four holes in five-under-par courtesy of an eagle at the last to card a six-under 65 to join a group including Ernie Els and Soren Kjeldsen tied for fourth six shots off the pace on 136.
"It feels good. I went out and played a couple of holes and started off with two birdies after hitting two shots within 12 inches which was a nice start. Then I was back out there (on Saturday) and birdied the par five, birdied the sixth and started to roll some putts in so it was nice," said Poulter.
"I feel good, I am seeing the putts pretty early. I'm standing over it and seeing my line which is nice and the good thing is I am hitting my lines which is good."
Returning after completing three holes of his second round on Friday night in two-under-par, Poulter took advantage of soft receptive greens at the usually demanding Serapong course to reach the turn in five-under 31.
He missed several chances on the way home, including a three-foot birdie chance at the last, but was still able to add two further birdies as he continued to show no ill-affect of a six-week break following the end of a solid season on the US PGA Tour.
"It's a little bit surprising to be playing this well after six week break," he added.
"After six week off you never know how you are going to play. As much practice as I have put in during the six weeks before coming here, I barley played a round of golf.
"I enjoy practising on the range and then resting after that and that's what I have done and I have been pretty good for it over the last couple of days."
Australia's Andrew Dodt (68), China's former Asian Number One Liang Wen-chong (68) and Peter Lawrie (66) round out the top ten at five under, with Madrid Master champion Ross McGowan tied at four under after a second consecutive 69.
Padraig Harrington beat the cut, which fell at one over par, after a late surge on Friday rescued a 69, although Australian Geoff Ogilvy, currently fifth on the Race to Dubai, and Spain's Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, who is currently 13th, failed to make the third round.
SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 142 (2x71)
130 Ian Poulter 66 64
135 Yin-shin Chan (Tpe) 67 68, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 70 65
136 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 69 67, Graeme McDowell 71 65, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 69 67, Ernie Els (Rsa) 67 69, Kodai Ichihara (Jpn) 68 68, Thomas Levet (Fra) 68 68
137 Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 69 68, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 69 68, Peter Lawrie 71 66
138 Scott Hend (Aus) 72 66, Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind) 71 67, Chih-bing Lam (Sin) 69 69, Ross McGowan 69 69
139 Sam Hutsby 69 70, Anders Hansen (Den) 68 71, Alexander Noren (Swe) 70 69, Richard Finch 71 68, Wen-Tang Lin (Tai) 69 70
140 Phil Mickelson (USA) 69 71, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 72 68, James Kingston (Rsa) 74 66, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 73 67, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 73 67, Kenichi Kuboya (Jpn) 70 70, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 73 67
141 Nicholas Redfern 71 70, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 75 66, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 72 69, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 74 67, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 72 69, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 68 73, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 70 71, Tony Carolan (Aus) 74 67, Sang-moon Bae (Kor) 73 68, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 74 67, Richard Green (Aus) 68 73, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 72 69, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 69 72
142 Wei Chih Lu (Tha) 70 72, Soren Hansen (Den) 71 71, Darren Clarke 73 69, Martin Rominger (Swi) 74 68, Jason Knutzon (USA) 75 67, Scott Barr (Aus) 71 71, Justin Rose 72 70, Marc Warren 73 69, Keith Horne (Rsa) 74 68, Tano Goya (Arg) 74 68, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 69 73
143 Zaw Moe (Kor) 71 72, Kenneth Ferrie 71 72, Graeme Storm 74 69, Danny Lee (Nzl) 71 72, Juvic Pagunsan (Phi) 74 69, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 73 70, Ted Oh (Kor) 70 73, Christian Cevaer (Fra) 71 72, Steve Webster 71 72, Adam Scott (Aus) 72 71, Mitchell Brown (Aus) 75 68, Andrew Coltart 70 73, Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 71 72, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 73 70, Marcus Both (Aus) 72 71, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 71 72, Guido Van Der Valk (Ned) 72 71, Padraig Harrington 74 69
MISSED THE CUT
144 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 74 70, Sung Lee (Pkr) 78 66, Tetsuya Haraguchi (Jpn) 75 69, Airil Rizman (Mal) 72 72, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 72 72, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 75 69, Scott Drummond 72 72, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 70 74, Mars Pucay (Phi) 72 72, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 74 70, Gary Murphy 73 71, Tetsuji Hiratsuka (Jpn) 74 70, K J Choi (Kor) 74 70, Paul McGinley 73 71, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 72 72
145 Frankie Minoza (Phi) 75 70, Damien McGrane 73 72, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 75 70, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 73 72, Prom Meesawat (Tha) 73 72, Shane Lowry 74 71, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 75 70, Gregory Havret (Fra) 75 70, Darren Beck (Aus) 70 75, David Gleeson (Aus) 77 68, Panupol Pittayarat (Tha) 75 70, David Howell 70 75, Steven Tiley 74 71, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 73 72, Brett Rumford (Aus) 72 73, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 70 75, Danny Chia (Mal) 72 73, James Kamte (Rsa) 75 70
146 Inn-choon Hwang (Kor) 71 75, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 72 74, Rafael Ponce (Ecu) 75 71, Antonio Lascuna (Phi) 74 72, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 76 70, Adam Blyth (Aus) 72 74, Lee Slattery 73 73, Michael Hoey 77 69
147 Anthony Kang (USA) 75 72, Nick Dougherty 72 75, David Bransdon (Aus) 73 74, Gavin Flint (Aus) 73 74, Johan Edfors (Swe) 73 74, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 76 71
148 Ben Leong (Mal) 73 75, Iain Steel (Mal) 73 75, Angelo Que (Phi) 73 75, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 76 72, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 76 72, Kane Webber (Aus) 74 74
149 Ter-Chang Wang (Tpe) 80 69, Unho Park (Aus) 75 74, Chawalit Plaphol (Tha) 78 71, Chris Rodgers 78 71, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 76 73, Hendrik Buhrmann (Rsa) 75 74, Artemio-hiromasa Murakami (Phi) 75 74, C Muniyappa (Ind) 76 73, Digvijay Singh (Ind) 72 77
150 Bryan Saltus (USA) 76 74, Jason King (Aus) 70 80, Joong Kyung Mo (Kor) 75 75
151 Michael Campbell (Nzl) 76 75, Stephen Dodd 76 75
152 Borworn Chaisri (Tha) 79 73, Jonathan Leong (Sin) 75 77, Yew ghee Poh (Sin) 76 76
155 Johnson Poh (Sin) 81 74, Luis Dacudao (Phi) 79 76
156 Thomas Bjorn (Den) 74 82, Mark Brown (Nzl) 78 78
157 Koh Deng Shan (Sin) 77 80
163 Kenji Cheung (Sin) 77 86, Eng-Wah Poh (Sin) 81 82
Retired: 68 Pablo Martin (Spa), 71 Gaurav Ghei (Ind), 74 Anton Haig (Rsa), 72 Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den), 75 Goh Kun Yang (Sin)
Withdrew: 79 Markus Brier (Aut), 76 Simon Griffiths
Disqualified: 76 Chien Soon Lu (Tpe)