Date: February 09, 2007
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Webber, Bransdon in touch

Australians Kane Webber and David Bransdon trail leader Chinarat Phadungsil by just four strokes after a delayed second round of the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur. With many players yet to complete their second round because of lightning, Phadungsil fired a second round of 67 to be in the clubhouse at seven-under-par. Webber carded a second round of 73 to finish at three-under-par, while Bransdon joint him at the score after being one-under for the day with four holes remaining. Gavin Flint is the next best placed Australian at two-under-par after shooting his second consecutive round of 71, while compatriot Gary Simpson is a stroke further behind after a round of 72. Five players are two strokes behind Phadungsil at five-under-par, headed by Englishman Simon Dyson (68) and Finn Mikko Ilonen (70). Overnight leader Robert Rock crashed to a second round of 78 to be in equal 31st position, tied with Australians Adam Groom and Marcus Both. Former US Open champion Michael Campbell recovered from an opening round of 75 to shoot a steady 70, and should make the cut at one-over-par. “Obviously I&aposm not here to make the cut, I&aposm here to win a tournament,” Campbell said. “There might still be a chance if I can shoot a couple of low rounds.” Matthew Millar, Unho Park and Tony Carolan are on plus-two, while Adam Le Vesconte, Terry Pilkadaris and Marcis Fraser are a shot further back. Scott Strange and Terry Price are four-over, Scott Barr is on five-over, Brad Kennedy six-over, while Adam Blyth is nine-over, but has nine holes remaining. The remainder of the second round will be completed early on the third day. Second round scores from the Malaysian Open (par 72): -7: Chinarat Phadungsil 70 67 -5: Marcus Higley 72 67, Mikko Ilonen 69 70, Simon Dyson 71 68, Rafael Echenique 68 (16), Ricardo Gonzalez 69 (13), -4: Soren Kjeldsen 70 70 -3: Kane Webber (Australia) 68 73, David Bransdon (Australia) 70 (14), Jean-Francois Lucquin 72 (11), Edward Loar 68 (9) -2: Alessandro Tadini 70 72, Simon Yates 73 69, Gavin Flint (Australia) 71 71, Cesar Monasterio 71 71, Jeev Milkha Singh 71 71, Frankie Minoza 72 70, Prom Meesawat 72 (14), Christian Cevaer 75 (14), Gregory Bourdy 73 (13) Also -1: Gary Simpson (Australia) 71 72 E: Adam Groom (Australia) 73 71, Marcus Both (Australia) 71 (17) +1: Michael Campbell (NZ) 75 70 +2: Matthew Millar (Australia) 74 72, Unho Park (Australia) 75 71, Tony Carolan (Australia) 75 (13) +3: Adam Le Vesconte (Australia) 74 73, Terry Pilkadaris (Australia) 72 (13), Marcus Fraser (Australia) 76 (11) +4: Scott Strange (Australia) 75 71, Terry Price (Australia) 75 (15) +5: Scott Barr (Australia) 76 (15) +6: Brad Kennedy (Australia) 78 (11) +7: Mahal Pearce (NZ) 79 72 +8: Adam Blyth (Australia) 78 (9) +13: Richard Lee (NZ) 78 79