Georgetown [PENANG]: Iylia Jamil continued with his solid display at Penang Golf Club by moving into the halfway lead at the Professional Golf of Malaysia (PGM) Penang Championship on Thursday.

The 24-year-old followed up on his opening 67 with a three-under 69, trading six birdies with two bogeys to total eight-under 136 in the RM180,000 tournament co-sanctioned with the ASEAN PGA Tour.

It gave one-time Tour winner a narrow one stroke advantage over an in-form Nicholas Fung, who climbed to second with a 67.

First round leader M. Sasidaran struggled to a one-over 73 and is three strokes off the pace on 139 alongside Mohd Amli Mohiyedeen (68), R. Nachimuthu (71), Kenneth De Silva (71) and Mohd Sukree Othman (69).

Leading second round scores (Par-72) >
Malaysian unless stated
136 – Iylia Jamil 67-69
137 – Nicholas Fung 70-67
139 – Mohd Amli Mohd Mohayideen 71-68, R. Nachimuthu 68-71, Kenneth De Silva 68-71, Mohd Sukree Othman 70-69, Sasidaran Muthiah 66-73
140 – Nattawat Suvajanakorn (THA) 71-69
141 – Wilson Choo 70-71
142 – Khor Kheng Hwai 71-71
143 – Lim Eng Seng 76-68, Mohd Azman Basharuddin 75-69