Australia's Marchesani, Singapore's Quek share clubhouse lead in Haikou

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The course this week is a par-72 totaling 7,095 yards.

Thailand's Gunn Charoenkul moved to 8-under when he birdied No. 2, his 11th hole of the second round. From then on, though, Charoenkul had three bogeys and a double bogey to drop five strokes over the final seven holes. He finished at 3-under.

Masamichi Uehira and Keisuke Otawa are both players from Japan who enter the weekend of a PGA TOUR Series-China tournament in contention. Following in the footsteps of Taihei Sato (won the Chongqing Championship) and Yuwa Kosaihira (tied for fifth at the Sanya Championship), Uehira is through 36 holes at 4-under. Among the players who finished, he's tied for third. Otawa played 13 holes of his second round, and he's at 4-under, with five holes still to play.

Singapore's Quincy Quek has played in 32 previous PGA TOUR Series-China events. He played 10 tournaments each in 2014, 2015 and 2018 along with the first two tournaments this season. Quek did not play this Tour at all in 2016.

Quincy Quek has recorded six top-10s during his 23 made cuts on PGA TOUR Series-China. His best finish came in 2014, when he finished third at the Lanhai Open.

Last week's Sanya Championship winner Trevor Sluman opened 73-69 and is at 2-under entering the weekend, tied for 14th with the players who have completed 36 holes.

Taihei Sato, winner of the Chongqing Championship, is not playing this week.

The low round of the day belonged to American Jared Howard. He shot a 6-under 66 after opening with a 3-over 75. Howard is in the clubhouse tied for eighth.

Zihao Chen missed the cut in the season's opening two events but is now T3 heading into the weekend.

Corey Shaun is currently 4-under and bogey-free through 15 holes. No player yet has managed to complete a bogey-free round in the opening two days.