Adam Scott returned to Australia after the Masters.

It was a short visit.

"I felt like I was still playing good and I shouldn't waste that at home," Scott said.

So instead of staying home for a second week, Scott was a deadline entrant into the EDS Byron Nelson Championship, where yesterday he shot a second-round 67 to take the lead at 5-under 135 in Irving, Texas.

That was good for a one-stroke lead over fellow Aussies Mark Hensby (67) and Mathew Goggin (69) and Scott McCarron (66), who missed all of last season recovering from right elbow surgery.

Scott began his round with four consecutive birdies. Though he managed only one more to go with two bogeys, that was enough to give the only one of the world's top 10 players at the Nelson sole possession of the lead.

"It would have been nice to get a couple more after my start," said Scott, 10th in the latest rankings. "But I'm pretty happy."

Trevor Immelman followed his opening 78 with a 75 and became the first Masters champion since Jose Maria Olazabal in 1994 to miss the cut in his next tournament. Defending champion Scott Verplank was 1 over after a 69

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• Asian Open: Robert-Jan Derksen of the Netherlands and China's Zhang Lian-Wei shot 3-under 69s yesterday for a share of the lead at the midway point of the Asian Open in Shanghai.