Overnight joint leader Grahame McDonald (QLD) shot a solid second round even-par 72 to build a commanding three stroke lead going into the final round of the Australian Men’sSenior Amateur Championship at Bribie Island Golf Club on Thursday. In perfect sunshine, McDonald backed up his opening round 71 to lead the championship at 1-under par. Former champion Rod Barltrop is one of two New Zealanders in the chasing pack of four at 2-over with fellow Kiwi Arthur Parkin joining him in hunting down McDonald. Rodney Dale (NSW), who shared the overnight lead with McDonald, shot three birdies and six bogeys on his way to a 3-over 75 to join the New Zealanders and Chris Tatt (VIC) in a tie for second. Tatt is being caddied for by daughter and professional Angela Tatt who competed in the Women’s Australian Open at Metropolitan Golf Club earlier this year. The fight back round of the day went to Queenslander Ray Geary, who after opening with a tough 88, marched back up the leaderboard with a 1-over par 73 in his second round. New Zealand s Murray Martin shot an even par 72 to sit at 5-over and six strokes behind McDonald. Martin is part of the New Zealand team to compete in next week s Sanctuary Cove Trophy. Victorian John Taylor bounced back from an opening round 77 to fire an even-par 72 to be level with Martin. The final round will be played at Bribie Island Golf Club on Thursday. ROUND 2 LEADERBOARD Pos Name State Rd 1 Rd 2 Total 1 MACDONALD, Grahame (Qld) 71 72 143 2 BARLTROP, Rodney (NZ) 72 74 146 3 DALE, Rodney (NSW) 71 75 146 4 PARKIN, Arthur (NZ) 73 73 146 5 TATT, Chris (Vic) 74 72 146 6 CORBEN, Greg (NSW) 73 76 149 7 TAYLOR, John (Vic) 77 72 149 8 WEBBER, Martin (NZ) 74 75 149 9 MARTIN, Murray (NZ) 77 72 149 10 MCPHERSON, Ian (WA) 76 74 150 11 LEITCH, Michael (NZ) 74 76 150 12 BOWEN, Graham (WA) 74 77 151 13 MAHER, Michael (Qld) 76 75 151 14 CLEAVE, Alex (WA) 73 78 151 15 SHANNON, Barry (NZ) 77 75 152 16 STANFORD, Greg (NSW) 74 78 152 17 ALBINSKI, Stefan (NSW) 72 80 152 18 BANKS, Bill (ACT) 76 76 152 19 GAMSBY, Bob (WA) 73 79 152 20 GREVILLE, Richard (NSW) 77 75 152