Justin Rose continued to stay ahead of the chasing pack by holding a two-shot lead over Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat through 16 holes after play was suspended due to fading light at the Indonesian Masters.
The second round of the season-ending Asian Tour event was suspended twice where the sirens were first blown at 3.19pm (local time) because of lightning threats. Officials later decided to call play off at 5.40pm due to fading light at the Royale Jakarta Golf Club.
Play will resume at 6.15am on Saturday with the third round scheduled to start no earlier than 8.45am.
Rose, who was among the 36 players yet to complete their second round, started well with four birdies for an outward 32. He made another birdie on 11 followed by pars on 12 and 13 before the first sirens went off.
The Olympic gold medalist and Major winner then parred 14 upon resumption of play but saw his advantage reduced to two after dropping a shot on 15. The Englishman had another par on 16 before play was abandoned for the day.
South Africa’s Dylan Frittelli did enough to make the halfway cut as he turned in a much-improved performance on Friday. Frittelli entered the week needing a top 10 finish to book a place inside the world’s top 50 at year end, but slumped to a 76 on Thursday. He was nine shots better on Friday with just one bogey on his card.
Frittelli got himself into the weekend with a good all round display hitting 12 of 14 fairways and 16 of 18 greens in regulation. The two-time European Tour winner hit just 29 putts on Friday, three better from his opening round but remains eight shots off where he needs to be through 36 holes.
