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Golf-Australian Jones moves two ahead at Whistling Straits

By Mark Lamport-Stokes

KOHLER, Wisconsin, Aug 15 (Reuters) - 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 at Whistling Straits 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-par 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.