Martin Kaymer shared the clubhouse lead at the Castello Masters with Robert Allenby on Friday after play was suspended for the second day because of bad light.
A group of 50 players were to complete their second rounds yesterday.
Kaymer was one of those who had to get up early to complete his first round and his opening 63 gave him a share of the lead with Sergio Garcia.
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His second round 67 put him on a 12-under par total of 130.
Australia’s Allenby added a 66 to his first round of 64 to share the second round lead.
Kaymer’s sharp shooting has given the French and Scottish Open Champion the chance to regain the No. 1 spot in The Race to Dubai at his first event back from breaking his toes in a go-kart crash.
Considering he has been out since mid-August and was unable to start practicing fully until the last few days, the 24-year-old was more than satisfied with his day’s work. Top of The Race to Dubai when the accident happened, Kaymer is now down to third, but the first prize today would instantly take him back above Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy.
■ARIZONA OPEN
REUTERS, PHOENIX, ARIZONA
The UK’s Greg Owen spectacularly holed out with a sand wedge to eagle the par-four 15th on the way to a share of the lead in Friday’s second round of the Arizona Open in Scottsdale.
Owen began another sunny day in the Arizona desert with a sizzling run of five birdies in the first six holes and ended it by carding a six-under-par 64 for an 11-under total of 129.
Level with the Briton was 20-year-old American Rickie Fowler, who fired a matching 64 on the Raptor Course at Grayhawk Golf Club in only his second PGA Tour event as a professional.
Veteran American Justin Leonard, winner of the 1997 British Open, was alone in third at 10 under after carding a seven-birdie 64.
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