Local player Lam Chih Bing was left to regret a bogey on the final hole of his second round today as he missed the opportunity to join Ernie Els and Simon Dyson on the lead flight for the Barclays Singapore Open.

Simon Dyson was tied for the clubhouse lead with Ernie Els when darkness ended play at the weather-interrupted Barclays Singapore Open today with half of the field yet to complete the second round.

Simon Dyson stormed into contention at the Barclays Singapore Open today, carding a four-under-par 67 to join Ernie Els at the top of the leaderboard during the weather-interrupted second round of the $5m (€3.9m) Asian Tour event.

Ernie Els took over at the top of the leaderboard after finishing his first round at the Barclays Singapore Open this morning with two birdies in his final three holes.

KJ Choi hailed his second-round three-under-par 67 as his greatest Open Championship performance after a birdie at the 18th fired him to the top of the leaderboard.

LOCAL favourite Mardan Mamat struggled to contain his emotions after winning the Singapore Masters yesterday, but fought back the tears long enough to say he was looking forward to playing in Europe.