The second stage of the US PGA Tour Q-School is in full swing with four tournaments currently taking place around America. Roughly the top 20 from each field of 78 will progress to the final stage of qualifying, which will be held over six rounds in December, with the top 25 from that field earning themselves a Tour card for next year. Scott Gardiner has made an excellent start in the Kingwood event, shooting rounds of 67 and 69 to be in a tie for second place at eight-under-par at the halfway mark. Gardiner is two shots behind leader Richard Johnson, while Michael Sim has also made a good start to be at five-under par in a tie for 10th place, while the other Aussie in the field, Ewan Porter, has withdrawn from the event. In Pine Mountain, Kim Felton has shot consecutive rounds of three-under 69 to be in a tie for 13th place at the halfway stage, five shots behind leader Robert Damron. Paul Gow and Gavin Coles are both at four-under in the Panama City Beach event to be seven shots off the pace in a tie for 10th place after two rounds. Finally, in Brooksville, New Zealand&aposs Grant Waite is three shots off the pace in a tie for 16th. US PGA Tour Q-School Second Stage, Pine Mountain GA (Par 72) -11: Robert Damron 68 65 -10: John Riegger 67 67, Chris Riley 66 68 -8: Kevin Johnson 69 67, Oskar Bergman 69 67, Ryan Vermeer 70 66, Jerod Turner 69 67 -7: Ben Bates 67 70, John Elliot 69 68, Webb Simpson, 69 68, Chris Nallen 69 68, John Kimbell 70 67 -6: Justin Bolli 67 71, Trevor Dodds 67 71, Kim Felton (Australia) 69 69, David Robinson 69 69, Fran Quinn 70 68, Jason Dillard 72 66 -5: Jay Delsing 68 71, Greg Bruckner 70 69, Andrew Medley 68 71, Troy Merritt 73 66, Andy Pope 69 70, Billy Andrade 69 70, Olin Browne 71 68, Scott Brown 68 71, Corey Kaufman 69 70 US PGA Tour Q-School Second Stage, Kingwood TX (Par 72) -10: Richard Johnson 65 69 -8: Scott Gardiner (Australia) 67 69, Chris Stroud 67 69, Willie Wood 68 68, Dave Schultz 68 68 -7: Michael Putnam 69 68, Drew Laning 68 69, Mathias Gronberg 70 67, Sebastian Fernandez 74 63 -5: Neal Lancaster 67 72, Michael Sim (Australia) 71 68, Glen Day 71 68, Corey Prugh 72 67, Brad Elder 69 70, Mike Lavery 67 72 -4: Brian Stuard 71 69, Greg Sonnier 72 68 -3: David Roesch 72 69, Andrew Svoboda 72 69 US PGA Tour Q-School Second Stage, Panama City Beach FL (Par 71) -11: Geoffrey Sisk 69 62 -9: Tom Gillis 65 68 -8: Stephen Poole 65 69 -7: Jeff Gove 67 68 -6: Joseph Sykora 69 67, Brad Golden 67 69, Steve Wheatcroft 67 69 -5: Rodney Butcher 71 66, Alan McLean 70 67 -4: Paul Gow (Australia) 69 69, Sonny Skinner 68 70, Jeff Gallagher 69 69, Randy Leen 68 70, Gavin Coles (Australia) 70 68, Sal Spallone 71 67 -3: Dicky Pride 70 69, Gary Christian 70 69, Guy Boros 71 68, Bryce Ledford 73 66, Gregg Jones 67 72 US PGA Tour Q-School Second Stage, Brooksville FL (Par 72) -7: Garrett Willis 71 66, Major Manning 68 69, Seung-su Han 67 70, Robert Gamez 69 68, John Teater 72 65 -6: P-H Soero 68 70, Derek Lamely 68 70, Steve LeBrun 70 68, Camilo Benedetti 69 69, Scott Fawcett 67 71 -5: Marco Dawson 69 70, Todd Demsey 70 69, Brett Stegmaier 66 73, Matt Borchert 69 70, Dane Burkhart 71 68 -4: Michael Bradley 69 71, Grant Waite (New Zealand) 69 71, Michael Welch 69 71, Erik Compton 70 70