Malaysian Danny Chia fired two spectacular eagles in a seven-under 65 to take a three-shot lead after the second round of the Malaysian Open on Friday. Chia moved to 13-under at the Saujana Golf and Country Club with Swede Alexander Noren in second on 10-under. World number 11 Anthony Kim of the US recovered from a disappointing opening round of 78 to complete a flawless 65 and make the halfway cut right on the 143 mark at the event co-sanctioned by the Asian and European tours. Overnight leader Noh Seung-yul of South Korea, who shot a spectacular 10-under-par 62 on the opening day, followed up with a 73 to drop to third place, four strokes behind. The 17-year-old Korean picked up two birdies but blotted his copybook with three bogeys. Chia, who became the first Malaysian to win an Asian tour event six years ago, fired his two eagles on the inward nine. A total of 74 players qualified for the weekend rounds after the cut was made at 143. Lee halfway leader South Korean Lee Chang-Hee overhauled Karrie Webb's overnight lead to jump to a two-shot advantage at the halfway stage of the Australian Women's Open at The Metropolitan in Melbourne on Friday. Lee, three strokes behind Webb in joint second spot after the opening 18 holes, sunk five birdies offset by two bogeys in a three-under par round of 70 to be seven-under 139. Webb fell away with a two-over 75 after a round of one bogey and a double bogey with just one birdie to lie in a three-way share of second place on five-under 141. Spain's Tania Elosegui (69-72) and England's Georgina Simpson (73-68) were also in joint second place. South Korean Oh Su-Hyun, at 12 years old the youngest player ever to tee up in the Australian Open, missed the 36-hole cut with rounds of 79-81 for a 14-over 160. Stanford leads at SBS In Hawaii, American Angela Stanford shot a bogey-free 7-under 65 to claim the first round lead at the US LPGA Tour's season-opening SBS Open on Thursday. Michelle Wie made her much-anticipated debut as a full-fledged LPGA Tour member, and birdied her final three holes for a 66, putting her equal second with 2008 rookie of the year Yani Tseng of Taiwan. South Korea's Kyeong Bae had 67, and Japan's Momoko Ueda shot a 68. Starting on 10th, Stanford got off to a hot start in her early round and could not be caught as increasing winds made play more difficult later in the day. Stanford birdied the first two holes and made the turn at 4 under, and then birdied two of her final three holes for the outright lead. She hit all but one of the greens, but managed to save par on the par-3 fourth by dropping an 8-footer. Garrigus, Johnson share lead Dustin Johnson launched his round with an eagle and never looked back Thursday as he seized a share of the first-round lead at the $6.1 million Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. The 24-year-old American carded a seven-under-par 65 to share the lead with Robert Garrigus, who closed his round with a flourish to move atop the leaderboard. Rich Beem, Vaughn Taylor and Charley Hoffman, were tied at six-under 66. Canadian Mike Weir, Australians Steve Elkington and Jason Day and Americans Bill Lunde, Mark Calcavecchia, Michael Allen and DJ Trahan were tied on 67. Defending champion Steve Lowery's solid start was undone by bogeys at eight and nine. He was five adrift. Vijay Singh played a consistent but uneventful round, recording one birdie and one bogey to finish at even par. Phil Mickelson also finished the first round at even par. Ireland's Padraig Harrington teed off on the 10th at Poppy Hills, where his two-over 74 included three straight bogeys from No. 2.
