Angel Hidalgo, Joost Luiten and Adrian Meronk shared the clubhouse lead at the top of a congested leaderboard after day two of the weather-affected DP World India Championship.
We were playing catch up after nearly five hours were lost to storms on on day one but conditions were perfect as some players faced 36 holes on Friday.
Luiten played the most of the leaders as he tackled 34 holes in six under par in rounds of 68-68 to get to eight under, while Meronk and Hidalgo both faced 31 holes.
Meronk was five under through four at the end of Thursday but added just one more first-round birdie before following up with a 69, while Hidalgo joined Luiten with rounds of 68-68.
Belgian Thomas Detry birdied three of his first six holes in round two to sit alongside the leaders, a shot clear of English pair Todd Clements and Eddie Pepperell.
Eugenio Chacarra was also at seven under through five holes as he seeks a result which could send him to the top of the Race to Dubai Rankings Delivered by DP World on Sunday.
All three of the clubhouse leaders are enjoying some late-season momentum as we head towards the DP World Tour Play-Offs, with the trio able to look up the Rankings rather than over their shoulders.
Pole Meronk recently won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and he held the solo lead on day two after birdies on the 14th, 17th, first and eighth but dropped his only shot of the week so far on the ninth.
"It was a lot of solid golf," he said. "I'm happy with my position. Obviously a little bit disappointed with the bogey on the last, but it's still a good round and I'm happy with the day of work.
"It suddenly feels like I'm gaining the momentum, the confidence is growing and it's a great feeling. Just when you really can trust your golf game, when you hit shots to your targets, it's just so much fun.
"I think finally, yeah, the game is in a good spot and I am just trying to enjoy it and play to my spots and keep on going."
Dutchman Luiten also got to nine under with a hat-trick of gains from the 13th and further birdies on the 18th and second. He then made a double on the eighth but bounced straight back from 14 feet on the next.
"It was good for 17 holes, and then my 17th, the eighth hole, I double bogey, which normally you would say it's a birdie hole," said Luiten, who finished sixth at the recent BMW PGA Championship and 13th last week.
"I think the long day and the tiredness just got to me a bit at the end and luckily I could get a birdie on the ninth. It's been a good day.
"I struggled with some injuries in the middle of the season, so that doesn't really help. Luckily now it's all a little bit better so I can practise a little bit more and then you can work on your game."
Hidalgo's recent runner-up finish at the FedEx Open de France has secured his place in the play-offs and he made birdies on the first, sixth, seventh, eighth and 14th before bouncing back from a double with a closing gain.
"Pretty good," he said. "Especially in this course. It's pretty tight. Pretty happy with the way I'm playing these two rounds. Looking forward to the weekend.
"I'm hitting a little bit better the ball. Last year I play super good from the tee but I couldn't hole a putt and I played terrible from the fairway. This year everything is quite okay, so that's why we are there and it's the biggest difference from a last year."
Detry had completed his opening round on Thursday and picked up shots on the first, second and fifth before darkness ended play on day two.
Pepperell, who is 100th on the Rankings and needs a good week to boost his chances of having a full card next season, carded rounds of 71-66 in his marathon day, while Clements played 31 holes posting rounds of 69-68.
Kiwi Daniel Hillier was four over after 13 holes in round one but carded the lowest score of the week so far in a second-round 64 to sit at six under alongside South African pair Thriston Lawrence and JC Ritchie, Dane Jacob Skov Olesen and Emirati Adrian Otaegui.
