Lingmerth leads Down Under, embarrassed Snedeker misses cut

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[December 04, 2015]  (Reuters) - David Lingmerth reeled off six birdies in his first 12 holes to snatch a one-shot lead after the second round of the Australian PGA Championship on Friday, while pre-tournament favorite Brandt Snedeker missed the cut by a whopping nine shots.

Swede Lingmerth shot a 68 in tricky conditions at the Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast to reach the halfway stage as the outright leader at three-under-par.

Five players - England's Mark Foster, South Africa's Zander Lombard, Spain's Pablo Martin Benavides, Australia's Matthew Miller and American Peter Uihlein - were tied for second a shot further back.

Rhein Gibson, who fired a world record 16-under-par 55 at a National Pro Tour event in the United States three years ago, shot a course-record 64 on Friday to join a group of six players at one-under.

 

After a first round 79, Gibson slipped to nine-over after two holes on Friday but stormed up the leaderboard with five birdies and two eagles in his last 10 holes.

"To be able to do that on a Friday to make the cut and get back in contention, it's probably better than a 55," he said.

American Snedeker, who has seven wins on the elite U.S. PGA Tour, carded a 75, nine better than his first round but still leaving him languishing way back at 15 over par.

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"I definitely feel embarrassed about my play the last two days," Snedeker said. "I'm going to need to come back down here and redeem myself."

(Writing by Julian Linden in Singapore; Editing by Peter Rutherford)

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