Boo Weekley carded a six-under 66 at the Australian PGA

American Boo Weekley made five birdies and an eagle on his way to a six-under 66 at the Australian PGA to claim a two-stroke lead over a group that included defending champion Adam Scott.

Weekley and world No 3 Australian Scott finished their rounds on the Royal Pines lay-out before lightning caused afternoon play to be suspended on the Gold Coast. 

I struck the ball solid, kept it in play, hit one bad drive and got away with it.

An eagle at the long 15th spurred Scott to his 68 at the Gold Coast resort.

Having begun with a 74 at the recent Australian Open, and a 73 at the Australian Masters, Scott was relieved to shoot under par.

"It was a pretty solid start," Scott said. "I can always find reason to be better but I think I'd take that considering the starts I've got off to over the last couple of weeks.

"I didn't really make a ton of putts today. Getting to eight under in a day is not unrealistic around here."

South Korean Jin Jeong was four-under through 12 holes when play was abandoned for the day, after an earlier interruption, while South Australian Tom Bond was on the same mark at the midway point of his round.

Having started on the 10th, Bond will play the front nine holes on Friday when play begins at 5.30am local time.