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Allenby maintains lead at Australian Open

Victorian Robert Allenby held a four shot lead over Queenslander Adam Scott after a second round one over 73. Tournament officials came underfire from all quarters after the par-four 12th needed to be watered mid-round after it became unplayable.

Allenby said afterwards, "I think they put too much water on it, to say the least,"

"You get used to it. In the US it happens a lot, even at the US Open. This is our national championship and it should be set up tough.

"Maybe that flag should have been in the middle of the green. I think a few flags out there they didn't think about with this wind."

West Australian golfer Stephen Leaney was far from impressed with the tournament organisers, the Australian Golf Union.

Leaney said, "I just think the AGU needs to learn there's nothing in the rule book that says you can water (the greens during play). This doesn't seem to happen when tournaments are run by the PGA or someone else. It's just frustrating for us."

Leaderboard:

135: Robert Allenby (Vic) 63 72

139: Adam Scott (Qld) 66 73

140: Rod Pampling (Qld) 70 70, Aaron Baddeley (Vic) 70 70, John Senden (NSW) 69 71, Nathan Green (NSW) 70 70, Paul Sheehan (NSW) 69 71

141: David McKenzie (Vic) 74 67, Spencer Levin (USA) 64 77, Peter Senior (Qld) 69 72, Scott Laycock (Vic) 65 76, Chris Campbell (ACT) 68 73

142: Martin Doyle (Vic) 71 71, Nick O'Hern (WA) 67 75

143: Camilo Villegas (Col) 71 72, Stuart Appleby (Vic) 70 73, Geoff Ogilvy (Vic) 66 77, Gary Simpson (SA) 72 71, Steven Bowditch (Qld) 70 73, Ashley Hall (Vic a) 70 73

144: Daniel Chopra (Swe) 72 72, Lucas Parsons (NSW) 69 75, Adam Crawford (Qld) 74 70, Ricky Schmidt (NSW) 69 75, Greg Chalmers (WA) 72 72, Andrew Martin (Vic a) 70 74, Matthew Ballard (Qld) 70 74

145: Gavin Flint (Qld) 71 74, Mahal Pearce (NZL) 70 75, Euan Walters (Vic) 73 72, Bubba Watson (USA) 71 74, Brad Burns (Vic) 76 69, Craig Jones (Qld) 69 76, Steve Alker (NZL) 72 73, David Lutterus (SA a) 72 73

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