Queenslander Daniel Nisbet will retain a share of the lead, alongside Victorian Adam Burdett, heading into the weekend at the MMC Northern Territory PGA Championship.

Playing in the morning field Adam Burdett played steady golf to set the round two lead at 9-under the card.

Teeing off the 1^st hole, Burdett got his day off to a good start opening with a birdie and adding another to his card at the 9^th to recover from a bogey on the par-3 7^th.

On the back-9, Burdett birdied the par-5 13^th and added two more birdies to his card on the closing two holes.

“It has been a good couple of days; I have kept the ball in play and made some putts,” said Burdett, who recorded a 4-under 67 today.

“It was pretty solid and my short game was good today. I missed a few greens in bad spots but was able to get it up and down.

“I was holing putts so that is the main thing.”

Meanwhile, in the afternoon, a cold putter saw Nisbet leave birdies out on the course but his 2-under 69 was still enough for him to catch Burdett.

“It could have been anything today. I hit a couple tight in there and just didn’t nail the putts,” said Nisbet, who is contemplating a switch in flat sticks.

“I always travel with a second putter, whether I use it or not, it just gets my mind of a bad putting day.

“It takes my mind off the current putter and I will actually probably play with the same one tomorrow. But it’s nice to roll a few with a different putter to recalibrate how I am going about it.”

Sitting a shot further back on 8-under the card is Jake Higginbottom who enjoyed a good day on the greens.

“I feel like I have putted really well the last couple of days. The course is in great condition, so hopefully, I can keep holing a few,” said Higginbottom, whose round was highlighted by an eagle on the par-5 13^th.

“I hit a nice drive down 13 and then hit a 9 iron to about eight feet and made eagle from there so that got my round going. Then I played solid the rest of the day.”

Higginbottom shares third place on the leaderboard with Victorian Deyen Lawson who fired 6-under 65 in the second round.

Lawson will be one to watch over the weekend after he finished runner-up to Travis Smyth at the Palmerston Golf Course last year.

Also in a tie for third are Queenslanders Kade McBride and Damien Jordan who had second rounds of 69 and 68 respectively.

At 7-under the card after two days at the MMC Northern Territory PGA Championship is Jack Wilson (VIC) and Tim Stewart (NSW).

Rounding out the top-10 on 6-under the card is Ben Clementson (NSW), Maverick Antcliff (QLD), Michael Sim (WA), Campbell Rawson (NZL), Chris Wood (QLD), Cameron John (VIC) and Alex Edge (NSW).

The second round cut was made at even par with 50 professionals and one amateur making the weekend rounds.