New Zealand golfers Ben Campbell and Nick Voke are five strokes off the lead at the Asian Tour's season-ending tournament.
Both have carded back-to-back three-under 68s in the opening two rounds at the Saudi International at the Riyadh Golf Club in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, leaving them tied for 26th at six-under.
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Campbell, currently second on the Asian Tour Order of Merit and third in the tour's International Series rankings, made four birdies and a bogey during the second round on Thursday (Friday NZ Time).
That followed a rollercoaster opening round on Wednesday (Thursday NZT) that featured six birdies, a bogey and double-bogey.
Voke, currently 49th on the Order of Merit, posted five birdies, including three in a four-hole stretch, and two bogeys on day two, after rolling in four birdies and a bogey in the first round.
Australian Cam Smith, Chilean Joaquin Niemann and Americans Logan McAllister and International Series rankings leader and current LIV Golf member Peter Uihlein co-lead after 36 holes at 11-under.
Meanwhile, Tyler Wood is the best of six Kiwis after the first round at the Victorian PGA Championship on the PGA Tour of Australasia.
Wood is in a share of seventh, two shots off the lead, after a five-under 66 at the Legends course at Moonah Links, south of Melbourne, on Thursday, while Tyler Hodge is in a share of 48th at one-under.
Wood, 24, made three birdies in his first five holes, then three in six holes on the back-nine, while Hodge put up five birdies, two bogeys and a double-bogey on the Legends course.
Denzel Ieremia (T62) managed three birdies and three bogeys in an even-par ?? on the Open course, Jake Meenhorst (T74) had three birdies and four bogeys in a one-over ?? at Legends, James Hydes (T88) at two-over and Kit Bittle (T115) at seven-over, including a quadruple-bogey at the par-five third.
On the DP World Tour, Daniel Hillier is tied for 23rd after the first round at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City, South Africa.
Hillier produced an even-par 72 on Thursday (Friday NZT), featuring four birdies and four bogeys, to be six strokes behind the leader, American Max Homa.
Starting at the 10th hole, Hillier made three bogeys on the back-nine, before getting back to par with three consecutive birdies at the second, third and fourth, finishing his round with a birdie at the ninth.