New Zealand's Steven Alkeris tied for the lead going into the final round of the PGA Champions event at the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in Rabat, Morocco.
He's joint leader with Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez who shot a 4-under-par 69 in the second round to tie with Alker at seven-under.
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Alker, who is aiming for his ninth career Champions Tour victory, shared the first-round lead with Englishman Simon Griffiths.
Alker had three bogeys to offset three birdies on the front nine before carding three more birdies to close his second round.
Meanwhile Dame Lydia Ko has made up some ground after a horror opening round at the latest LPGA Tour event, the Founders Cup, in Florida.
She was tied for 97th after the first round but is now in tied 50th place and has survived the cut after a second round 3-under 68.
Fellow New Zealander Fiona Xu improved two places to be tied 34th with another score of 70.
South Korean golfer Jin Young Ko leads at 12-under.
Kiwi golfer Ryan Fox has moved up 50 places on the leaderboard in the second round of the PGA's Phoenix Open in Arizona.
He carded a five-under par 66 to be four-under overall and is currently tied for 32nd, eight shots off leader Thomas Detry at 12-under.
At the Qatar Masters in Doha on the DP World Tour Daniel Hillier is tied 27th at three-under after a second round 70. Kazuma Kobori missed the cut
The leading player is England's Brandon Robinson Thompson at 10-under.
In the first event of the LIV golf season in Saudi Arabia, New Zealand golfer Ben Campbell is tied for 15th and compariot Danny Lee is tied at 41 after two rounds.
Adrian Meronk of Poland remains atop of the leaderboard at 16 under.