Adam Scott equals course record to share halfway lead at Australian Open

HITTING HIS STRIDE: Australia’s Adam Scott holds a share of the halfway lead in the ISPS Handa Australian Open (Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/AP)

Former world number one Adam Scott stormed into a share of the halfway lead with a brilliant 63 in the ISPS Handa Australian Open.

Scott carded five birdies and an eagle on the 18th at Victoria Golf Club to equal the course record which had also been matched on day one by fellow Australian David Micheluzzi.