Simon Dyson and Ernie Els lead the way at the Barclays Singapore Open as both reached the halfway point in a six under par total of 136.
The European Tour Members were amongst half the field that completed their second round on another day of stormy weather at Sentosa Golf Club.
South African Els overhauled overnight leader Lam Chih-bing when he completed his first round in 66 and he then went straight back out to shoot a two under par 70.
Englishman Dyson hit a second round 67 to join Els at the top of the leaderboard, with another European Tour Member - Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy - in a tie for third.
McIlroy is four under after a second round 68, along with Chapchai Nirat and Chih-bing - who has only played five holes of his second round before play was abandoned for the day.
The weather had already wreaked havoc on Thursday with a two hour stoppage forcing half of the players, including Dyson and Els, to return to the Serapong course early today.
The Englishman had to play 22 holes but took full advantage of benign conditions early on to finish his opening round on two under before picking up four shots in a flawless second round.
Dyson holed a ten foot birdie at the 14th to move to one under just before yesterday’s stoppage and he made it consecutive birdies upon resumption by sticking a nine iron within three feet at the 15th.
The 30 year old continued his good form into the second round with birdies at the 13th, 17th, second and eighth.
“It was very solid game today. I hit a lot of fairways, made some good shots on to the greens and hit a lot of good putts. Not all of them went in but some of them did,” said the Yorkshireman.
“Four birdies and 14 pars is quite decent and whenever you play a round and don’t hit a bogey, it’s very satisfying.”
Els held the first round lead after picking up two birdies in his final three holes this morning to move to five under, and the South African maintained his position with a 70 in his second round.
But after a good start to the day, Els was somewhat disappointed with his second round effort as he failed to build on his momentum.
“I had a nice finish to my round this morning, making two birdies coming in to shoot five under. And I played pretty decent this afternoon but just couldn’t get scoring,” said the South African.
“I didn’t quite make the same putts and it was kind of difficult being focused at some of the holes with some of the pins being cut in quite awkward positions.
“But I’m satisfied with the way I’m playing. There’s still a long way to go and much could happen still.”
