Unho Park stays strong in the wind to lead the CIMB NIAGA Indonesian Masters following the second round.

Singapore-based Australian Unho Park battledthe gusty conditions before signing for a second round 1-over 73 to stake hisplace atop the leaderboard at the Indonesian Masters on Friday.

On a windy day where only four players brokepar at the Royal Jakarta Golf Club, Park continued to put himself in contentionfor his maiden Asian Tour win at the US$750,000 Asian Tour event with histwo-day total of four-under-par 140.

Fellow Australian Kalem Richardson fired theround of the day, a 2-under 70 showing just how challenging the conditions werefor the field.

Starting the day tied for second, Parkstumbled early with a bogey on the first hole.

He recovered briefly with two birdies on 14and 16 but dropped three more shots in his inward-nine.

"It was a tough day in the office today. Iactually felt the winds were blowing harder today.  I didn’t hit it asgood as yesterday but I still managed to hit some decent shots," said Park.

The 41-year-old, who has surprised even himselfby holding the lead, is upbeat of his chances this week. 

"I always surprise myself when I play well,"added Park.

"Today, I just hung in there as it was reallya grind today. But overall, it’s still a good position heading into the weekends."