Three Kiwi golfers and an Aussie are on top of the leaderboard by two shots, late in the second round of the New Zealand PGA Championship

16-year-old amateur Cooper Moore, Lee Chang Gi and Queenslander Anthony Quayle all carded six-under-par 66s in Hastings for an 11-under total.

While they're in the clubhouse, also tied for the lead is local Tyler Hodge, who's got three holes to go.

Newly-crowned New Zealand Open champ, Aussie Ryan Peake, is set to miss the cut after a 71 put him one-under the card ... with the projected cut at three-under.

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