Perth, Australia (My Sportsbook) - Anthony Kang of the United States and Ireland's Damien McGrane moved into a share of the lead Friday after the second round of the Johnnie Walker Classic.

Kang, last week's winner at the Malaysian Open, posted his second-consecutive five-under 67 to continue his run of good play, while McGrane birdied the 18th hole to shoot a four-under 68.

The duo was tied at 10-under-par 134 for a one-shot lead over Spain's Ignacio Garrido (68), Japan's Hiroyuki Fujita (68) and amateur Danny Lee (68) of Australia.

World No. 11 Anthony Kim (68) of the U.S. and first-round leader Robert-Jan Derksen (72) of the Netherlands lead a nine-way tie for sixth place at eight- under 136.

Colin Montgomerie, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, David Howell, Paul Casey and Nick Dougherty were also among the 46 players who were within five shots of the co-leaders.

Kang, who claimed his first European Tour win last week as a 36-year-old, started his round on the back nine at The Vines Resort & Country Club -- and he started it on fire.

After opening with a 25-foot birdie putt at No. 10, Kang rattled off four more birdies over the next seven holes to make the turn at 10-under par. He found trouble at the par-five third hole, hitting into a fairway bunker, but blasted to a couple of feet to make birdie.

Kang's only bogey came at No. 8, a par-three, dropping him back to 10-under.

Afterward, Kang pointed to the steadiness of his last five rounds in describing the newfound success that's helped him end an eight-year winless drought on the European Tour.

"The formula for shooting a good score in golf basically is driving it in the fairway and putting it on the greens and holing a lot of putts," he said. "I've been doing that the last three rounds in Malaysia and the first two rounds over here. If that continues onwards, it's just a matter of whether the putts drop in or not, but I'm just basically having the time of my life right now."

Kang admitted he was thinking about winning two in a row.

"[B]ut we've got a pretty stellar field and world class players over here. For me to do that is statistically against the odds and pretty improbable," said Kang. "However, this is a sports competition, and that's why we play."

McGrane, winner of last season's China Open, joined Kang in the lead after playing in a later group off the first tee. The 37-year-old birdied two of his first eight holes, but made two straight bogeys at the ninth and 10th to drop back to even-par for the round.

However, McGrane made a late run with three consecutive birdies beginning at the 12th to draw within one shot of the lead. He birdied No. 18 for the second day in a row to join Kang.

The cut line fell at three-under 141.

World No. 9 Camilo Villegas, in a departure from his recent successes on the PGA Tour, had a 71 Friday and missed the cut by two shots. Aussie golf legend Greg Norman also missed the weekend.