Zheng leads PGA Tour Australasia Q-School
- NZ Sports Wire
- 6 days ago
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New Zealand golfer Jimmy Zheng holds the lead after 36 holes of the PGA Tour of Australasia's Qualifying School Finals.
Zheng fired a second straight five-under 67 in the second round of the final qualifier on Tuesday at the Moonah Links Ocean Course in Fingal, Victoria, holding a two-stroke lead over Australian Ben Wharton.
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The 23-year-old Auckland amateur started the tournament with a bogey-free round, while he made seven birdies and two bogeys in the second round.
Zheng, in the day's first group, birdied the second and fourth holes, both par-fives, before five pars and a bogey at the 10th. He reeled off four straight birdies from the 12th to the 15th, with another at the closing hole.
Four other Kiwis are currently in position to earn PGA Tour of Australasia cards for next season (top-26 plus ties), while three others are just on the outside with 36 holes remaining.
Golf New Zealand Academy member Mako Thompson shot a two-under 70, featuring three birdies and a bogey, on Tuesday to sit in a share of 16th at two-under.
Kit Bittle and Cameron Harlock both carded one-under 71s in the second round to lie tied for 20th at one-under, while James Hydes is tied for 26th at even-par after he followed a three-under 69 with a three-over 75.
Mason Lee (T32, one-over), James Tauariki and Jared Edwards (T44, three-over) have work to do to earn their playing status for 2025-26.