Poulter's bolt from the blue

Ian Poulter shot a six-under 66 in his second round at the Johnnie Walker Classic at The Vines in Perth, but at eight-under overall the Englishman still lagged five strokes behind runaway leader KJ Choi.

Beginning on the back nine, Poulter reached as high as fourth before he bogeyed the par-three 16th, but recovered well to consolidate his top 10 position.