Kuang Yang, 14, is second-youngest golfer to make cut on European tour

China's Wu Ashun claimed the halfway lead in the Volvo China Open as teenage amateur Kuang Yang became the second-youngest player to make the cut in a European Tour event.

Wu added a second round of 65 to his opening 66 at Genzon Golf Club to finish 13 under par, two shots ahead of Finland's Tapio Pulkkanen, who returned a 68 on Friday.

The halfway cut fell at two under par and Kuang made it right on the mark thanks to saving par from 12 feet on the 18th to card a second-consecutive 71.

At 14 years, six months and 12 days old, Kuang narrowly missed out on being the youngest player to make the cut in a European Tour event, Guan Tianlang playing all four rounds at the 2013 Masters despite being penalised for slow play at Augusta National.

"I'm really happy, it's amazing," Kuang said.

"I was really nervous on 18 as it is a long putt for me but it went in and I'm so happy. There are not enough words to describe the feeling.

"Although my putting was better and my game was better than yesterday, the score was the same. I'm just so happy and want to thank my mum, my dad, my head teacher and members of my family for all their support."