Englishman Richard Bland holds a share of the lead on the midway stage of the Hero Dubai Desert Classic after posting two successive rounds of 67.
The 49-year-old returned to finish his second spherical on Saturday morning after making three birdies over the primary 4 holes earlier than play was suspended because of fading gentle on Friday.
And he carded three extra birdies and a solitary bogey in his remaining 14 holes to set the goal at 10 underneath par.
Belgium’s Thomas Pieters joined Bland on the summit after closing his Saturday 67 with seven birdies on the again 9 earlier than American beginner Michael Thorbjornsen made it a three-way tie.
Thorbjornsen carded an eagle, seven birdies and one bogey in his 64 to seize a share of the lead.
Scotland’s Connor Syme, Swede Marcus Kinhult and Spaniard Adri Arnaus sat one shot off the lead on 9 underneath.
The pre-tournament build-up had been dominated by a confrontation between Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and American Patrick Reed, who had been one other stroke again on eight underneath however will play in totally different teams in Sunday’s third spherical.
Joining the pair on that quantity had been Englishmen Matt Wallace, Dan Bradbury and Ian Poulter, Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger, Australian Lucas Herbert and Spain’s Angel Hidalgo.
Bland has made only one bogey in the opening two rounds and is proud of the place his sport is at.
He mentioned: “Every part of my game is in pretty good shape.
“The only dropped shot was at the sixth this morning where (on my) second hole of the day, I misjudged the temperature and chipped to three feet and missed.
“So other than that, it’s been pretty stress-free which is kind of nice.”
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