Kirsten Rudgeley used her West Australian upbringing and past two years playing in Europe to pilot her way through the wind and to the top of the leaderboard at Webex Players Series Perth hosted by Minjee and Min Woo Lee.

Backing up her round of 5-under 67 in windy conditions on Thursday afternoon, Rudgeley made birdie at each of the four par-5s in a second straight 67 to be the first to post 10-under.

She is tied at the top of the leaderboard with Queensland’s Jake McLeod (71) with Robyn Choi in a tie for sixth at 7-under par.

Choi (69) was bogey-free and 6-under through 15 holes to join Rudgeley and McLeod at 10-under but dropped shots at each of her final three holes to be tied with Jak Carter (70), James Marchesani (70), Connor McDade (68), Blaike Perkins (69) and Jason Scrivener (69).

Playing in the afternoon wave that had it almost 1.5 strokes tougher in Round 1, Rudgeley had to contend with strong winds on the back nine on Friday morning as ‘The Doctor’ made an early house call.

It did little to faze her though, her junior days playing in Perth and past two years on the Ladies European Tour giving her the ideal grounding.

“I play in Europe and over there, it’s windy all the time, so I’m pretty used to it,” said Rudgeley.

“I understand it now, which is always a bonus.

“Just hit the right shots with that wind and most of the time managed to execute pretty well.”

The first of Rudgeley’s three WA Amateur titles came in 2017 at The Western Australian Golf Club where Min Woo Lee won the men’s championship.

She is now well in contention to win the tournament that carries both Minjee and Min Woo Lee’s names.

“It’s amazing that the two of them can do this event for us here in Perth,” said Rudgeley, who is expecting a gallery of family and friends to follow her in the final group on Saturday.

“It’s obviously the first Players Series we’ve had here and it’s amazing for everyone, even the juniors that are going to be coming in on the weekend.

“To be honest, I’m pretty focused on where I need to go and not really looking at the crowd or anything like that.

“I might hear a voice that I go, Oh, I recognise that voice, but just go out and play golf.”

South Australian rookie Caitlin Peirce shot 5-under 67 in Round 2 and is inside the top 20 at 5-under par, Cassie Porter (73) moving away from the cut-line with late birdies at 14 and 16 to sit six shots off the lead at 4-under.

A total of 51 players made the cut that fell at 2-under par.

On Saturday the professionals will be joined by competitors in the Webex All Abilities Players Series and the Webex Junior Players Series.

Television coverage of Round 3 starts at 4pm AEDT on Fox Sports and Kayo. Round 4 coverage begins at 2pm AEDT Sunday.

Photo: Cassandra Edwards/PGA of Australia