Min Woo Lee has conjured some magic to breathe life into Australia's otherwise faltering campaign at the PGA Tour's Baycurrent Classic in Japan.

From one shot off the lead overnight, Adam Scott slumped to 10 strokes adrift of the second-round leader with a lacklustre one-over-par 72 on Friday.

Lee was heading in the same direction before catching fire on the back nine at the Yokohama Country Club.

The 27-year-old reeled off six birdies and an eagle to complete the inward nine in just 28 and rocket up the leaderboard.

Evoking memories of when he tied the low back nine on his Masters debut at Augusta National three years ago, Lee's spectacular eight-under stretch helped him to a second-round 65.

After teeing off on the 10th, the Perth ace had bogeyed his eighth and ninth holes of the da

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