England's Daniel Brown has carded a five under-par 67 to claim a three shot lead at halfway in the SDC Championship at St Francis Links in South Africa - but there was a horror finish for overnight leader Pieter Moolman.
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Brown, who only arrived in South Africa the day before the tournament started after travel delays, had an eventful round that included an eagle, seven birdies, two bogeys and a double-bogey on the par-four 12th hole.
His only previous win on the DP World Tour was at last year's SPS Handa World Invitational in Northern Ireland.
The South African duo of Shaun Norris and Robin Williams are in joint second on eight under-par, with Americans James Nicholas and Jordan Gumberg a further shot back.
Moolman had been co-leader after the first round with a superb 65, but never got going on Friday and was already four over-par when he carded a nine on the par-four 18th to finish with an 81 to miss the cut.
Australian Haydn Barron made the cut, following up his opening 70 with a 72 to sit at two under for the championships, in joint-24th position.
But Jason Scrivener's 75 ensured he wouldn't make the weekend's fare as he bowed out on five over.
Australian Associated Press
