SUZHOU, China, April 16 (UPI) -- Kim Do-hoon shot a 3-under-par 69 Friday and led by one stroke halfway through the European Tour's China Open.
Kim, coming off a course-record 64 Thursday, is at 11-under 133 after 36 holes at the Suzhou Jinji Lake Golf Club. Thongchai Jaidee, who matched Kim's first-round 64, is tied with Jamie Donaldson and Y.E. Yang for second at 10-under. Mikko Ilonen and Pablo Larrazabal are tied at 9-under 135 and in fifth place.
Yang had one of the best rounds of the day with a 66 that featured consecutive birdies from Nos. 11-14.Jaidee was bogey-free Thursday but had two against four birdies in the second round for a 70 while Donaldson's 68 featured six birdies and two bogeys.
Kim had a birdie at the second hole and posted back-to-back birdies at Nos. 9 and 10. A birdie at the par-5 121th hole got him to 4-under on the day but he had a bogey on the 492-yard, par-4 18th hole for the second consecutive round and ended up with a 69.
