Kingston has played on the European Tour since 2000

James Kingston carded an eagle and two birdies to lead the South African Airways Open by a shot on day two.

Fellow South African Andrew McLardy is second with Welshman Kyron Sullivan, who dropped two late shots in his 71.

Greg Norman confirmed his engagement to tennis legend Chris Evert on Friday then eagled the 13th for a share of sixth with Darren Clarke at one over.

Ernie Els began with two bogeys but four birdies gave him a 70 and a halfway total of plus three.

The scores continued to be high on another testing day in windy conditions at the Pearl Valley course.

Norman bogeyed the first and the last but had three birdies

Sullivan, 31, who secured his maiden Challenge Tour victory in 2006, started from the 10th, and looked as though he was going to be the only player not to drop a shot, but bogeyed his 16th then dropped another stroke at the next.

Retief Goosen suffered a triple bogey at the 224-yard par-three fourth, but then birdied three holes in succession and is one shot further back at four over.

First day leader Robert Rock had a double bogey at the 14th en route to a 75 that leaves him in a share of sixth place.

US Open champion Angel Cabrera, who ran up two double bogeys in a first round 83, improved to a 73 to finish on nine over, which was where the cut came.

Last week's winner John Bickerton missed out, however, after adding a 78 to his opening 77 and Irish prodigy Rory McIlroy also failed to make it, despite improving significantly on his horrific 83 with a 74 that featured birdies either side of consecutive double bogeys.

If you're going to be fair, you need to be consistent in setting up a golf course Greg Norman

After fielding questions about his relationship with Evert, Norman then hit out at the organisers after changes made to the course following the first round.

"It's been two totally different courses, the course was more difficult yesterday," Norman told reporters after the second round.

"They made a few adjustments to the tees and they did 100% irrigation last night, so the greens, which they also did not cut, were softer and there was not as much release on the fairways.

"I believe that if you're going to be fair, you need to be consistent in setting up a golf course and I'd rather play two identical courses in the first two rounds because then you can get used to it."