The West Australian holds a three-shot lead heading into moving day after a 5-under 65 performance that took him to the pinnacle of the #WAPGA leaderboard.

Winds once again made for challenging conditions on the exposed fairways of Kalgoorlie Golf Course’s front-nine but it was here that Felton’s game came to life.

“It’s a reward for good play today,” Felton said. 

“It got pretty windy out there over the last nine holes but that’s when I got off to a great start on that front-nine.

“Five birdies in a row from 18 through to four really kick-started the round. Before that I was just kind of plodding along at 1-under at the time but I caught fire on that front-nine.”

The 2017 NZ PGA Championship and 2015 NSW PGA Championship victor knows what it takes to win on the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia but insists tomorrow’s 18 holes could be make or break.

“I’ve been in this position before and hopefully I can bring back good memories from the last couple of times I’ve won.

“It’s good to be in the mix again, especially around a course I love and playing well so it’s a good feeling.

“Staying patient with what I can and just hitting quality golf shots will be important. You hit a lot of good golf shots out here that don’t get rewarded and you hit it to some spots that you’ve just got to take your medicine.

“I think I’ve been doing that pretty well so hopefully I can do that on the weekend.”

A hot streak of three straight birdies and an eagle for a round of 5-under elevated Darren Beck to second place on the WA PGA leaderboard after teeing off in the morning of round two.

His early round form from holes one to three went to another level on the 11th but it was the Sydneysider’s putting that had the biggest impact.

“I got off to a good start today so kept the momentum there from yesterday and overall I just played pretty solid.”

 “I was just getting around the best I could but I holed some really good putts like 30-footers and 40-footers.”

 Two consistent rounds of 68 have seen 24-year-old Justin Warren rocket to contention and hold outright third place ahead of round three.

The recently-turned professional rose to the level of competition, striking an 8-under total.

Overnight joint leader Jordan Zunic remains at 7-under the card after a round of even-par. 

He sits alongside Robert Hogan whose rounds of 68 and 69 see him progress to the weekend’s play.

Aussie golf legends Peter Lonard and Brett Rumford remain in the mix at 6-under, alongside Taylor Macdonald, James Marchesani and Stephen Dartnall, who rocketed up the leaderboard with a second round of 65.

The second round cut was made at 1-over with 54 professionals and four amateurs progressing to the final two rounds.

The winner of the TX Civil & Logistics WA PGA Championship come Sunday will receive the lion’s share of the $137,500 prize purse, World Golf Ranking Points as well as exemption onto the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australia until the end of 2020.

Round three of the WA PGA Championship tees off at 7:15am AWST on Saturday morning from Kalgoorlie Golf Course.

To view round two results visit pga.org.au.

For round three tee times visit pga.org.au.