Golf:Stuart Appleby defied strong winds to post a second consecutive 66 and lead the Australian Open by six shots as more than half the field failed to complete their second rounds due to bad weather.
Appleby made light work of the brutal conditions with five birdies and an eagle and just one bogey.
"It's all about capitalising on your opportunities," Appleby said. "Luck of the draw is a saying you can use at this course.
"Wind is your biggest opponent on this course and it does force you to second guess. I happened to have a lot of good clubs in my hand and controlled the distance well today.
"On this course it's easy to make a mistake over something small. I'm very respectful of this golf course and the weather that goes with it."
Adam Scott, who has 12 holes to play in his second round, is second on six under, one clear of overnight leader Scott Hend and Peter Wilson, who are also yet to complete round two.
Former British Open champion John Daly remains at level par after six holes.
Craig Parry bounced back from an opening 80 to post a 67 and sit inside the cut line at three-over.
Pre-tournament favourite Geoff Ogilvy faces a nervous wait after posting a disappointing 76 to lie five-over.
The second round was been suspended due to darkness. Play will resume Saturday morning at 6:30am local time
Latest second-round scores & totals in the Australian PGA Tour, Australian Open, The New South Wales Golf Club, La Perouse, Sydney, Australia
(Aus unless stated, par 72):
132Stuart Appleby 66 66
142Greg Chalmers 70 72
143Peter O'Malley 69 74
144Mathew Goggin 73 71, Richard Green 73 71
145Scott Laycock 76 69, Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 73 72
147Paul Gow 78 69, Craig Parry 80 67, Do eun An (Kor) 73 74
148Jason Norris 79 69, Min-chang Lee (Kor) 75 73, Paul Sheehan 74 74
149Anthony Brown 77 72, Geoff Ogilvy 73 76, Cameron Percy 74 75, Kim Felton 76 73, Rohan Blizard 78 71
150Kevin Chun (Nzl) 82 68, Andrew Bonhomme 72 78, Kurt Carlson 80 70, John Senden 76 74, Bryden Mcpherson 77 73, Richard Moir 78 72, Jae Hoon Jung (Kor) 77 73, Steven Conran 78 72, Marcus Fraser 78 72
151Jason Perry 76 75, Andre Stolz 75 76, Ryan Haller 78 73, Seung Ho Lee (Kor) 79 72
152Kevin Stadler (USA) 73 79, Soon-sang Hong (Kor) 79 73, Sam Saunders (USA) 74 78
153Jason Scrivener 77 76, Brett Rumford 75 78, Tristan Lambert 76 77, Steve Marino (USA) 79 74, Nathan Green 75 78, Brad Shilton (Nzl) 76 77, Brad Lamb 80 73
154Darren Beck 79 75, Marcus Both 74 80, Andrew Martin 79 75, Scott Barr 77 77, David Bransdon 78 76, Steven Bowditch 72 82, Jamie Lovemark (USA) 79 75
155Sung-kug Park (Kor) 82 73, Lucas Bates (Can) 79 76, Josh Geary (Nzl) 76 79
156Craig Scott 78 78, Craig Spence 80 76, Michael Moore 76 80
158Kyong-jun Moon (Kor) 77 81
159James Carr 83 76, Adam Crawford 76 83
160Ben Burge 81 79, Steve Jones (USA) 77 83
161Chao Li (Chn) 79 82
164Kevin Chen (Chn) 81 83, Adam Wilcox 85 79
165Meng Zhang (Chn) 82 83, In-woo Lee (Kor) 87 78, Rowan Beste 83 82, Shintaro Iizuka (Jpn) 83 82
166Zhi jun Ou (Chn) 82 84
167Xie Zhi (Chn) 88 79
168Jake Oh 84 84
171Tae-hyun Jun (Kor) 88 83
172Jian Chen (Chn) 82 90, Nathan Uebergang 90 82
175Qin Xu (Chn) 89 86
DQ: Richie Gallichan 89, Rhein Gibson 90
RTD: Andrew Good (Hkg) 92
