LOCAL HERO LEADS CHINA MASTERS

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NANSHAN, China:  Local hero Liang Wenchong fired a brilliant four-under-par 67 to grab a one stroke lead over Australian Aaron Townsend after two rounds of OneAsia's U.S. $1 million Nanshan China Masters.

Liang is seven under par for the tournament against a classy field that includes Major winners Y.E. Yang (68), who is joint third and three shots behind, and South African Louis Oosthuizen (72), who is eight shots off the pace.

Players have found scoring tough on the Nanshan International Golf Club's 7,151yd Danling course, but Liang has been imperious in pursuit of his first title since 2010 when he won twice on OneAsia en-route to claiming the Order of Merit.

He has experimented with putters, switched drivers and taken to the gym in a bid to recapture the sort of form that saw him set a course record with an eight-under 64 at the U.S. PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in 2010 when he finished joint eighth.

Australian Mitchell Brown, aced the 197-metre sixth hole with a sweetly struck five iron to win a VW car worth over U.S.$ 35,000. 

SEC0ND-ROUND TOTALS 
Par 142 (2x71) Yardage 7,151 

135 - LIANG Wenchong (CHN) 68-67.

136 - Aaron TOWNSEND (AUS) 69-67.

139 - Gareth PADDISON (NZL) 70-69, Y. E. YANG (KOR) 71-68, Jamie ARNOLD (AUS) 69-70.

140 - WANG Jeung-hun (KOR) 69-71, David MCKENDRICK (AUS) 70-70.

141 - Scott LAYCOCK (AUS) 70-71, Mark BROWN (NZL) 73-68, HUANG Tao (TPE) 75-66, Simon YATES (SCO) 71-70.

142 - OUYANG Zheng (CHN) 70-72, Steven JONES (AUS) 68-74, Andre STOLZ (AUS) 71-71, Chris CAMPBELL (AUS) 70-72, Terry PILKADARIS (AUS) 71-71.

143 - Andrew MARTIN (AUS) 72-71, SU Dong (CHN) 73-70, Garrett SAPP (USA) 73-70, Louis OOSTHUIZEN (RSA) 71-72, PARK Sung-hyuk (KOR) 70-73, SONG Young-han (KOR) 69-74, Rory HIE (INA) 74-69, KIM Hyung-tae (KOR) 71-72, Douglas HOLLOWAY (NZL) 73-70.

144 - Michael WRIGHT (AUS) 73-71, Leigh DEAGAN (AUS) 71-73, Daniel FOX (AUS) 70-74, Mitchell BROWN (AUS) 73-71.

145 - CHEN Ding-gen (CHN) 78-67, WU Wei-huang (CHN) 74-71, Michael HENDRY (NZL) 72-73, HU Mu (CHN) 72-73, Ryan HALLER (AUS) 70-75.

146 - James MCLEAN (AUS) 73-73, GAO Yi-jie (CHN) 71-75, JIN Da-xing (CHN) 75-71, Rohan BLIZARD (AUS) 74-72, LI Xue-cheng (CHN) 72-74, Kalem RICHARDSON (AUS) 75-71, ZHOU Guo-wu (CHN) 72-74, Adam BLAND (AUS) 72-74, Anthony BROWN (AUS) 72-74, Clint RICE (AUS) 71-75, Ashley HALL (AUS) 72-74.

147 - Peter COOKE (AUS) 72-75, HAN Ren (CHN) 75-72, Jason KANG (USA) 74-73, CHEN Zi-hao (am, CHN) 76-71, SHIN Hyuk-chul (KOR) 74-73, YUAN Hao (CHN) 68-79, Anthony SUMMERS (AUS) 75-72, Michael CHOI (AUS) 72-75, Michael LONG (NZL) 73-74, Scott STRANGE (AUS) 72-75, HE Shaocai (CHN) 73-74, Stephen DARTNALL (AUS) 75-72.

148 - LIU Yu-xiang (CHN) 71-77, YUAN Tian (CHN) 75-73, Nick GILLESPIE (NZL) 75-73, Marcus CAIN (AUS) 75-73, David McKENZIE (AUS) 74-74, LI Xin-yang (CHN) 75-73, LEE Yoo-ho (KOR) 75-73, CHAO Hai-meng (CHN) 75-73.

149 - YU Gyoung-Yoon (KOR) 77-72, YAN Bin (CHN) 75-74.

150 - LEE Joung-wook (KOR) 72-78, WU Hong-fu (CHN) 74-76, PARK Min-jun (KOR) 76-74, Adam CRAWFORD (AUS) 76-74, Tanutchan PUAKTES (THA) 76-74, LI Chao (CHN) 74-76, James CARR (AUS) 74-76, KIM Do-hyung (AUS) 75-75, GU Cui-lin (CHN) 75-75, JEONG Dae-eok (KOR) 76-74, Lucas LEE (BRA) 77-73, CHEN Xiao-ma (CHN) 75-75, Brent McCULLOUGH (AUS) 74-76, FU Tai (CHN) 74-76, DOU Ze-cheng (am, CHN) 74-76.

151 - Paul SPARGO (AUS) 75-76, Toshimasa NAKAJIMA (JPN) 77-74, XU Qin (CHN) 74-77, Maxwell McCARDLE (AUS) 77-74, WU Hao-chuan (am, CHN) 84-67.

152 - TU Cheng-huang (TPE) 78-74, CHOI Seong-jin (KOR) 80-72, PARK Jun-sub (KOR) 77-75, KONG Wei-hai (CHN) 77-75, SONG Tae-hoon (KOR) 76-76, HE Ze-yu (CHN) 76-76.

153 - YU Gen-dong (CHN) 72-81, ZHAO Xiong-yi (CHN) 77-76, LI Yuan (am, CHN) 74-79, Wisut ARTJANAWAT (THA) 76-77, CJ GATTO (USA) 75-78, ZHANG Chang-lei (CHN) 74-79.

154 - QU Hong-xin (am, CHN) 78-76, TIAN Ye (CHN) 75-79, CHOO Tze-huang (SIN) 79-75, Pravee VISALKIT (THA) 76-78, XIE Zhi (CHN) 81-73, ZHANG Xiao-jun (am, CHN) 80-74.

155 - WANG Lei (CHN) 78-77, GU Hua-jun (CHN) 76-79, ZHU Wei-yu (CHN) 78-77, QUAN Da (CHN) 80-75, Chris WOOD (AUS) 81-74, LIANG Ding-feng (CHN) 80-75, Craig HASTHORPE (AUS) 76-79.

156 - Matthew JOHNSTON (CAN) 79-77, WU Tu-xuan (CHN) 82-74, Supravee PHATAM (THA) 77-79.

157 - FAN Zhi-peng (CHN) 73-84, WANG Yong-qiang (CHN) 77-80, OU Zhi-jun (CHN) 81-76.

158 - Apichart PAPITAK (THA) 78-80, KIM Kun (NZL) 78-80.

159 - WANG Shan (am, CHN) 77-82, HUANG Yong-le (am, CHN) 82-77, SUI Yong-yan (am, CHN) 83-76, ZHOU Jun (CHN) 83-76.

160 - HONG Du-tae (KOR) 79-81.

161 - LIU Meng-yang (CHN) 80-81, LIU Yan-wei (am, CHN) 81-80.

162 - Michael GANNON (AUS) 78-84, LIAO Gui-ming (CHN) 80-82.

168 - Stephane PELLETIER (FRA) 80-88.

187 - DONG Jin-hao (am, CHN) 90-97.

+7 (149) was the final cut, 67 players made the cut