Korean 1-2 at halfway in Volvo China Open

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS WEBSITE
Y E Yang ominously moved one shot behind fellow Korean Kim Do-hoon at the halfway stage of the Volvo China Open at Suzhou Jinji Lake International Golf Club today.
Yang, who finished eighth at The Masters last week, embarked on a back-nine birdie blitz to close on his equally in-form but lesser known compatriot.
With Kim topping the second-round leaderboard at 11 under par after a three-under 69, Yang carded an impressive 66 to earn a share of second alongside Asian No 1 Thongchai Jaidee and Welshman Jamie Donaldson.
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Thongchai battled his usually reliable putter to card a two-under 70, while Donaldson posted six birdies in a 68 to improve to 10 under overall, a shot clear of Spain's Pablo Larrazabal (69) and Finland's Mikko Illonen (67).
While Yang saved par at his final hole on a bright but breezy second day, Kim will hope his only dropped shot of the day after misjudging the wind into the final green will not become a factor over the weekend.
The 21-year-old is looking to follow up a third place at the Luxehills Chengdu Open at the start of April and a maiden victory on the Korean Tour at the SBS Tomato Open just last week.
"I thought I would be quite nervous as it is a big tournament, but I am very comfortable after two rounds," said the 2006 Asian Games gold medallist.
"I hope to play well this week and hopefully become the champion. I am not nervous and I feel comfortable after winning last week in Korea.
"I shot 64 last week and I feel I am the hottest Korean player right now."
The only Scot to miss the cut - by one shot - was 1999 Open champion Paul Lawrie with rounds of 74 and 71. The highest-placed Scot is the mercurial Marc Warren, six shots off the pace with scores of 71 and 68 for 139.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
133 Do-hoon Kim (Korea) 64 69
134 Jamie Donaldson (Wales) 66 68, Y E Yang (Korea) 68 66, Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) 64 70
135 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 68 67, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 66 69
136 Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 66 70
137 Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 69 68, Dae-hyun Kim (Kor) 70 67, Corey Pavin (USA) 67 70
138 Soon-sang Hong (Kor) 67 71, Alexander Noren (Swe) 71 67, Shane Lowry 70 68, Oliver Fisher 73 65, Graeme Storm 69 69
139 Peter Hanson (Swe) 72 67, Marc Warren 71 68, Peter Lawrie 67 72, Mark Foster 75 64, Johan Edfors (Swe) 68 71, Ross McGowan 71 68
140 Damien McGrane 67 73, Graeme McDowell 70 70, Peter Whiteford 70 70, Colin Montgomerie 72 68, Steven Bowditch (Aus) 72 68, Danny Willett 71 69, Josh Geary (Nzl) 73 67, Stephen Dodd 69 71, Sang-moon Bae (Kor) 71 69, Bradley Dredge 70 70
141 Stephen Gallacher 70 71, Wen-Tang Lin (Tpe) 71 70, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 69 72, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 73 68, Pablo Martin (Spa) 71 70, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 73
142 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 71 71, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 71 71, Anthony Wall 72 70, Tetsuji Hiratsuka (Jpn) 75 67, David Dixon 70 72, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 70 72, Tano Goya (Arg) 70 72, Ted Oh (Kor) 73 69, Kang-Chun Wu (Chn) 72 70, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 72 70, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 71 71
143 Christian Nilsson (Swe) 71 72, Ki-sang Lee (Kor) 75 68, David Gleeson (Aus) 73 70, Oliver Wilson 69 74, Phillip Price 73 70, Rhys Davies 73 70, Joon-eob Son (Pkr) 71 72, Mu Hu (Chn) 69 74, Matthew Millar (Aus) 72 71, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 71 72, Alastair Forsyth 69 74, Paul McGinley 71 72, Qin Xu (Chn) 74 69
144 Richard Lee (Nzl) 72 72, Gareth Maybin 72 72, David Howell 73 71, David Horsey 76 68, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 74 70, Danny Lee (Nzl) 73 71, David Drysdale 75 69, Marcus Both (Aus) 74 70, Scott Barr (Aus) 75 69, Stephen Dartnell (Aus) 74 70, Gui Ming Liao (Chn) 70 74, Hao Yuan (Chn) 72 72, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 73 71, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 74 70
MISSED THE CUT
145 Aaron Townsend (Aus) 75 70, Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 73 72, Jin Zhang (Chn) 73 72, Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 73 72, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 73 72, Zhi-Jin Xiao (Tpe) 71 74, Robert Rock 75 70, Paul Lawrie 74 71, Richard Finch 71 74, Michael Long (Nzl) 70 75, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 74 71, Markus Brier (Aut) 74 71, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 74 71, Leigh Mckechnie (Aus) 73 72
146 Sang-hyun Park (Kor) 72 74, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 72 74, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 75 71, Marcel Siem (Ger) 76 70, Lian-Wei Zhang (Chn) 74 72, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 73 73, Brett Rumford (Aus) 73 73, Anthony Kang (USA) 72 74, Ewan Porter (Aus) 72 74, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 72 74, Bi-o Kim (Kor) 76 70, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 72 74, Sam Little 77 69, Seong Ho Lee (Kor) 74 72
147 Scott Laycock (Aus) 71 76, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 75 72, Daniel Im (USA) 79 68, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 72 75, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 73 74, Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind) 74 73, Ariel Canete (Arg) 76 71, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 71 76
148 Richard Bland 77 71, Paul Waring 73 75, Ming-chuan Chen (Tpe) 74 74, Scott Strange (Aus) 76 72, Ashun Wu (Chn) 73 75, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha) 77 71, Jae Hoon Jung (Kor) 73 75, Chao Li (Chn) 73 75, Joon woo Choi (Kor) 73 75
149 Gary Lockerbie 75 74, Hui Qiang Wang (Chn) 73 76, Zhi-Feng Qiu (Tpe) 75 74, Lei Shang (Tpe) 74 75, Hyun-woo Ryu (Kor) 76 73, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 75 74
150 Scott Hend (Aus) 75 75, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 75 75, Se Xiao (Chn) 73 77, Ashley Hall (Aus) 77 73
151 Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 73 78, Cui-Lin Gu (Chn) 76 75
152 Ye Tian (Chn) 79 73, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 78 74, Xin-jun Zhang (Chn) 75 77, Wen-gen Zheng (Hkg) 78 74, Yu-xiang Liu (Chn) 76 76
153 Chang-lei Zhang (Chn) 76 77, Andrew Bonhomme (Aus) 77 76
154 Shu Tao Gu (Chn) 77 77, Xiong-hui Ye (Chn) 78 76, Zhi jun Ou (Chn) 78 76, Wei Huo (Chn) 78 76, Wei-Huang Wu (Chn) 79 75, Hai-bao Cheng (Chn) 79 75, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 82 72, Adam Blyth (Aus) 76 78
155 Jian Chen (Chn) 78 77, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 78 77
156 Tsung-yu Tsai (Tpe) 76 80, Wen-yi Huang (Chn) 78 78
157 Jason Norris (Aus) 74 83, Jin-biao Yang (Chn) 75 82