Thongchai shares clubhouse lead at Ballantine's
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April 24, 2010, Saturday
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DEFENDING champion Thongchai Jaidee played a 35-hole marathon yesterday to grab a share of the clubhouse lead at the Ballantine's Championship, which has been cut to three rounds because of weather disruption.
The Thai, three-time Asian champion, played just one hole of his first round on Thursday when fog stopped played for more than six hours at the US$2.9 million European and Asian Tour event.
An early starter yesterday, the former Thai army trooper completed an opening three-under 69 before heading out again to go two shots better in his second round, enough to land him at eight-under-par alongside Argentina's Tano Goya at the Pinx Golf Club on Jeju Island, South Korea.
"I played a total of 35 holes today and it was really a long and tiring day," Thongchai said. "But I'm really happy that I was able to play really well throughout the day."
Goya, a European Tour winner at the Madeira Islands Open last year, played 34 holes for a 66 and 70 to join Thongchai in the three-stroke clubhouse lead over Dutchman Robert-Jan Derksen and Swede Johan Edfors.
First-round leader Marcus Fraser of Australia, who shot an opening 65, three-time major winner Ernie Els of South Africa and American Anthony Kim, who both had 68s to stay in contention, will not start their second rounds until this morning.
US PGA Championship winner Yang Yong-eun, Asia's first major winner and champion at the China Open last week, had a disappointing day on his home Jeju Island and faces missing the cut after completing rounds of 77 and 73.
Despite an early morning start yesterday to try and clear the backlog, and bearing in mind the flight problems for players heading back to Europe, tournament directors decided to reduce the event to 54 holes and ensure a Sunday finish.
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