Strange leads Wales Open, Harrington misses cut

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NEWPORT, Wales (AFP) — Little-known Australian Scott Strange shot a 66 to lead the EPGA Wales Open following Friday's second round though British Open champion Padraig Harrington crashed out at Celtic Manor.

The 31-year-old from Perth ranked just 164th in the world notched superb rounds of 63 and 66 on the course where Europe and America will do Ryder Cup battle in two years' time.

However for Irishman Harrington, a second round 74 sent him to his first missed cut on European soil since October 2006.

Strange leads the race for the 300,000-pound winner's cheque by four from English pair Benn Barham and Robert Dinwiddie, Spain's Alvaro Velasco and Indian Jeev Milkha Singh.

Former winner Robert Karlsson, third in each of the last three tournaments and...