Heavy rain and the threat of lightning caused play to be abandoned midway through the second round of the Lyoness Open in Austria with Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen sitting on a three-shot clubhouse lead.
The 22-year-old's excellent form that saw him finish ninth in last week's Open Championship - his sixth top-10 finish of the season - continued as he moved onto 12 under par after completing his second round.
Starting one behind Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal, Olesen's first task of the day was to complete the four remaining holes of his first round caused by an earlier rain delay.
He picked up a birdie at the 17th to complete a first round 64 then after a quick turnaround enjoyed perfect conditions to sign for a second round 68.
Thomas Levet finished with a second round 70 to sit in second place three shots behind the Dane.
England's Richard Bland (67) was next best on eight under, with Dutchman Wil Besseling (72) on seven under par, together with home favourite Bernd Wiesberger, the Ballantine's Championship winner, who shot a superb round of 66 to move into contention.
Overnight leader Larrazabal struggled to maintain his momentum, and the Spaniard was on two over par after nine holes when play was suspended at Diamond Country Club in Atzenbrugg, with most players still on the front nine.
Olesen holed birdie putts from 12 and 25 feet at the fourth and fifth respectively, before striking his approach shot to three feet at the eighth hole.
"There was quite a strong wind out there at times," he told www.europeantour.com. "I struggled a bit round the turn and hit a few bad drives, but I managed to hit some good shots coming home, so I'm happy to get in on 12 under par. It's been a long day, but a very good one."
Latest second round scores & totals in the European Tour Lyoness Open powered by Greenfinity, Diamond CC, Atzenbrugg, Austria
(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
132 Thorbjorn Olesen (Den) 64 68
135 Thomas Levet (Fra) 65 70
136 Richard Bland 69 67
137 Wil Besseling (Ned) 65 72, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 71 66, Oscar Floren (Swe) 68 69
138 Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 67 71, Emiliano Grillo (Arg) 70 68, David Higgins 67 71, Scott Jamieson 71 67
139 Daniel Denison 69 70, David McKenzie (Aus) 65 74
140 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 66 74, Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 72 68, David Drysdale 71 69, Augustin Domingo (Spa) 69 71, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 71 69
141 Steve Webster 70 71, Thomas Norret (Den) 69 72, Taco Remkes (Ned) 70 71
143 Jamie Moul 73 70, Andrea Pavan (Ita) 69 74, Victor Riu (Fra) 69 74, Kenneth Ferrie 70 73
144 Brett Rumford (Aus) 71 73, Carl Suneson (Spa) 72 72, Phillip Price 73 71, Ricardo Santos (Por) 78 66, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 71 73, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 73 71
145 Gary Boyd 73 72, Paul Waring 70 75, Tommy Fleetwood 73 72, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 74 71, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 70 75, Manuel Trappel (Aut) 73 72, Julien Quesne (Fra) 73 72
146 Sihwan Kim (Nor) 76 70, Robert Coles 73 73, Matthew Zions (Aus) 76 70, David Horsey 72 74
147 Hans Peter Bacher (Aut) 76 71, Knut Borsheim (Nor) 74 73, Joakim Lagergren (Swe) 74 73, Graeme Storm 73 74
148 Craig Lee 69 79, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 75 73, Bradley Dredge 73 75
149 Andy Sullivan 75 74, Scott Strange (Aus) 79 70, Fredrik Henge (Swe) 74 75, Kieran Pratt (Aus) 74 75, Bernd Ritthammer (Ger) 72 77
150 George Murray 76 74, Richard McEvoy 75 75, Scott Drummond 80 70, Warren Abery (Rsa) 75 75, Uli Weinhandl (Aut) 71 79, Mark Murphy 76 74, Peter Karmis (Rsa) 76 74, Julien Clement (Swi) 78 72, Steven Waltman (Rsa) 75 75
151 Marcel Schneider (Ger) 75 76
153 Chris Devlin 80 73, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 76 77
154 Alexander Kleszcz (Aut) 75 79
155 Tobias Nemecz (Aut) 74 81
157 Karl Ableidinger (Aut) 81 76
159 Clemens Prader (Aut) 81 78
163 Johannes Schwab (Aut) 82 81
DQ: 72 Dylan Frittelli (Rsa)
RTD: 73 Maarten Lafeber (Ned)
