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Clearwater Bay Open: Deyen Lawson and Oskar Arvidsson share lead as Hong Kong’s Motin Yeung moves up

Australian and Swede is one stroke ahead of New Zealand’s Nick Voke after two rounds while Yeung is in 22nd overall

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Deyen Lawson tees off on the 16th. Photo: PGA Tour China-Series

Australia’s Deyen Lawson shot a bogey-free six-under 64 to share the lead with Sweden’s Oskar Arvidsson (65) at nine under heading into the weekend at the HK$2.27 million Clearwater Bay Open in Hong Kong, the 14th and final event of this year’s PGA Tour Series-China.

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Hong Kong No 1 Motin Yeung, seeking to break into the top five of the Order of Merit to earn a Web.com Tour card, carded a 68 to tie for 22nd at one-under and will be joined at the weekend by local players Jason Hak Shun-yat (69) and amateurs Matthew Cheung (69) and Terrence Ng (73), with a total of 69 players making the cut.

First-round leader Nick Voke, fifth on the Order of Merit, is one back after a 67 at The Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club.

Korean Jiung Jeong (66) and American Matthew Negri (67) share fourth at six -under, one ahead of two-time winner Gunn Charoenkul (68) of Thailand, American Ben Lein (68) – who both eagled the par-five 18th – and Italy’s Cristiano Terragni.

Hong Kong’s Motin Yeung. Photo: PGA Tour China-Series
Hong Kong’s Motin Yeung. Photo: PGA Tour China-Series
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Yeung hit back after an opening round of 71 to stay within reach of the leaders.

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