Darren Clarke played just ten holes of his second round of the SAS Championship but it was enough to see him move to within three shots of Thongchai Jaidee and Rod Pampling before darkness brought play to a halt.
Clarke lies in a share of 20th place on four-under-par after a clean card so far of three birdies and no bogeys.
Meanwhile Pádraig Harrington is back on one-under-par through eleven holes of his second round and one-over for the day.
Thongchai Jaidee and overnight leader Rod Pampling share the lead at seven-under. Jaidee (thru 4) birdied holes 3 and 4 after opening with a pair of pars. Pampling (thru 3) opened birdie-birdie before bogeying the third.
John Huston (T3) and Y.E. Yang (T3) each have the low round on the course. Huston is 5-under thru 12 and Yang is 5-under thru 11 (started on No. 10).
Four additional players are T3 at 6-under: Harrison Frazar (thru 9), Mike Weir (thru 5), World Golf Hall of Fame member Vijay Singh (thru 4) and reigning Charles Schwab Cup winner Steven Alker (thru 5).
The second round began at 11 a.m. (after a one-hour weather delay) and was suspended at 11:04 a.m. due to heavy rainfall. After a delay of four hours and 56 minutes, play resumed at 4 p.m. Play was suspended for the day due to darkness at 6:43 p.m.
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