Pilkadaris slips in Korean tournament

Korea's Kim Hyung-Sung fired a 5-under-par 67 to take a one shot lead after the second round at the OneAsia Tour's Maekyung Open near Seoul on Friday.

The Namseoul Country Club course lived up to its reputation as a graveyard for foreign golfers, with Australian overnight leader Terry Pilkadaris (75) the best of the non-Koreans in joint 10th place and five shots off the lead.

Cho Min-Gyu (73), who shared the first round lead, was 7-under.

Kim had six birdies and a bogey around the hilly 6,349 metre course to stand at 10-under for the one billion won ($900,000) tournament.

Kim Gi-Whan also shot 67 to finish in second place, while Kim Dae-Sub was a stroke further behind after posting 66 in drizzly conditions.

"You can see it wasn't very good weather, so I am very happy with my score," said leader Kim Hyung-Sung, who has been plagued by a shoulder injury for the past two years.

"This tournament is always won by great players, so to do well here would be something special for me."

Defending champion Kim Bi-O came unstuck at the par-five 16th when his tee shot struck a tree, leaving him one under for the round and tournament so far.