Dyson fires to the front

Dyson: Singapore run

Leaderboard:
-6 S Dyson (Eng) (18)
-6 E Els (SA) (18)
-4 Lam Chih Bing (Sin) (5)
-4 C Nirat (Tha) (18)
-4 R McIlroy (NI) (18)

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Simon Dyson joined Ernie Els at the top of the leaderboard after his second round 67 at the Singapore Open, which was again cut short due to conditions at the Sentosa Golf Club.

Dyson managed to complete his second round in Singapore and recorded a flawless four-under round of 67 to move on to six-under for the tournament.

Els completed his first round on Friday morning before hitting a solid second round of 70, one-under par, to also sit on six-under alongside Dyson at the halfway stage, and lead the field by two shots.

The calm morning conditions helped, as play was suspended for three hours at 3pm local time due to yet more heavy rain on the course.

Although play later resumed, 78 players were forced off before completing their second rounds due to bad light, and they will have to come back early on Saturday.

Early conditions

Benefiting from the early morning conditions, Dyson hit four birdies and no dropped shots to catch up to first round leader Els, who had to birdie the 17th and 18th to ensure he remained at the top of the leaderboard.

"It was very solid game today," said Dyson. "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.

"Four birdies and 14 pars is quite decent and whenever you play a round and don't hit a bogey, it's very satisfying."

Northern Irish teenager Rory McIlroy birdied his final hole to sign for a 68 and sit in a group of three men two shots off the leaders on four-under.

Alongside Thailand's Chapchai Nirat, overnight leader Lam Chih Bing of Singapore is also on four-under, but only managed to complete five holes of his second round, birdieing the fourth but bogeying the fifth.

Denmark's Thomas Bjorn matched Dyson's 67 to sit on three-under and tie for sixth placed with Australia's David Gleeson, who also hit 67.

Double major winner Padraig Harrington was still on one-over after six holes of his second round, while world number three Phil Mickelson was two-over after seven.

Tournament organisers are determined to play all four rounds, even if it means stretching into Monday, but they did admit they will look into shortening it into a 54-hole contest should large amounts of play be washed out over the weekend.