Australian PGA Championship 2016: Friday Leaderboard Scores and Highlights

Australia's Andrew Dodt carded a second-round 67 to move to 12 under par at the Australian PGA Championship on Friday and head into the weekend with a two-shot lead. 

Ashley Hall lies alone in second on 10 under, while Ryan Fox and world No. 7 Adam Scott sit in a tie for third on eight under.

Englishman Ian Poulter put together an impressive round of 68 to move to four under on Friday and will hope to make further gains on the lead over the weekend.

Here is what the leaderboard looks like after the second day of action at RACV Royal Pines Resort:

#	Nat	Player	Score	Round 2
1	AUS	Andrew Dodt	-12	67
2	AUS	Ashley Hall	-10	69
T3	NZL	Ryan Fox	-8	69
T3	AUS	Adam Scott	-8	68
5	USA	Harold Varner III	-7	72
T6	AUS	John Senden	-6	68
T6	USA	Julian Suri	-6	71
T8	AUS	Greg Chalmers	-5	69
T8	AUS	Brad Kennedy	-5	68
T8	THA	Natipong Srithong	-5	71

For the full leaderboard, visit the European Tour's website.

Friday Recap

Despite having held the solo lead on seven under at the end of Thursday, Dodt actually shared the top of the leaderboard with Hall and American Harold Varner III at the start of the second round.

Both Hall and Varner III had been forced to complete their opening rounds on Friday morning after storms led to play being suspended on Thursday and picked up late shots to hit the top.

However, Dodt is in the lead on his own again after a good second round, which included six birdies and a bogey.

A three-putt five at the par-four 18th took some of the gloss off the Brisbane-born player's round, but birdies at three, eight, nine, 14, 15 and 17 had already made for a fine day's work. 

Dodt is aware that he has a lot of work to do over the weekend, per the PGA of Australia:

Hall, who started on the 10th, also had six birdies in his round of 69 at the third, fifth, eighth, 13th, 14th and 15th.

However, a triple-bogey seven on the fourth prevented him from going really low as he found water and then missed a short putt.

Scott made a late burst for the lead on Friday after going out in level par. The 2013 Masters winner birdied the 10th, 12th, 15th and 16th holes to post a second consecutive 68 and will undoubtedly be in the mix near the top of the leaderboard come Sunday.

New Zealand's Fox had similar joy after the turn despite having played his first nine holes in level par—he started on the 10th—consecutive birdies at one, two, three and four contributing to his round of 69.

Poulter was one of the players who had to return on Friday to finish his opening round and the early morning start did not seem to be to his liking:

However, it was seemingly not detrimental to his game as he posted six birdies in a second-round 68 at three, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 18.