Human highlights reel Min Woo Lee has lit up Royal Melbourne to move within a shot of the lead as his superstar playing partner Rory McIlroy briefly threatened to miss the halfway cut on a dramatic day two of the Australian Open.

The stand-out moment of Lee's second round came when he holed out with a long-range approach shot for eagle on the par-4 10th, raising both arms in triumph.

Four holes later, McIlroy endured his lowest point when he had a rare air swing after his tee shot finished up under a ti-tree.

The Northern Irishman escaped with a one-putt bogey on the second easiest hole on the course and briefly slipped below the cut line.

"Honestly I can't remember the last time I had a fresh-air shot," McIlroy said.

"Not one of my finest moments."

But McIlroy showed his class to bi

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