KOHLER, August 15

Unheralded Australian Matt Jones birdied two of his last six holes to seize a two-shot lead when the storm-delayed second round of the PGA Championship was completed on Saturday.

Making only his eighth appearance in a major, Jones sank a 15-foot putt at the par-four sixth before draining a 50-footer at the eighth on the way to a bogey-free seven-under 65 on a glorious sun-splashed morning by the shores of Lake Michigan. That left him at 11-under 133 and two ahead of his compatriot Jason Day, who briefly held the outright lead at 10-under before he bogeyed the tricky par-four 18th to card a 67. Day recorded seven birdies and two bogeys in the second round.

England's Justin Rose was at eight-under after parring his final hole for a 67. Much of the focus, however, remained on the Jordan Spieth who carded a 67 on Friday and was five strokes off the pace when the second round was completed as he bids to carve out another slice of golf history and join an elite club. Spieth is seeking to join fellow Americans Ben Hogan and Tiger Woods as only players in modern era to win three majors in a single year. Hogan was the first to complete the hat-trick, in 1953, and Woods followed suit in 2000.

World No 1 Rory McIlroy was at two-under after carding a 71 on Friday. Woods, however, plunged new depths when he missed the cut in a third successive major for the first time in his career after carding a one-over 73 in the second round.