Golf: Alker in the hunt in Georgia

New Zealand golfer Steven Alker. Photo / Getty Images

Kiwi golfer Steven Alker is in a tie for 21st at the halfway stage of the McGladrey Classic PGA tournament in Georgia.

Alker's second-round 67, which included four birdies and a bogey, left him at four-under par overall.

Zimbabwe's Brendon de Jonge and the United States' Brian Harman and Andrew Svoboda lead the field at eight-under.

Tim Wilkinson and Danny Lee, the other New Zealanders in the field, didn't make cut.

Meanwhile, Nick Gillespie is in a tie for 19th after completing his third round of the Perth International tournament at the Lake Karrinyup Country Club.

The PGA Tour of Australasia tournament, which is co-sanctioned with the European Tour, has a purse of nearly $2 million.

Gillespie hit a five-under 67 today to finish at seven-under overall. His round included three birdies and an egale on the par-four 14th.

The other New Zealanders to have made the cut, Ryan Fox and Michael Long, were unable to advance up the leaderboard. Fox's even-par 72 left him in a tie for 29th at five-under, while Long is at even-par in a tie for 61st.

Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen leads the field at 16-under.

Play was suspended in the second round of the latest LPGA tournament in China due to bad weather. Lydia Ko remains in a tie for 15th after Friday's first round.