Dyson shares lead with jumpy Jaidee

A thunderstorm may have interrupted play but it failed to stop Thongchai Jaidee and Simon Dyson from assuming control on the second morning of the Enjoy Jakarta HSBC Indonesia Open.

The players were pulled off the Emeralda Golf Club course for almost two hours as the heavens opened.

Thailand’s Jaidee and Englishman Dyson produced contrasting rounds, with Jaidee shooting a remarkable round containing everything from eagles and double bogeys.

Dyson carried his fine form over from round one, demonstrating a measured approach, while Indian Rahil Gangjee was two strokes off the lead after carding a 67.

Starting the day at six under, Jaidee made another lightning start with two birdies in his first two holes, which kickstarted a round where he failed to notch a four until his 12th hole.

The former army paratrooper followed up with successive bogeys to drop back to minus six, but then recorded two eagles and two birdies in his next four holes to race into a three-shot lead.

His third bogey came at the fifth, by which time Gangjee, who started the day at three under and shot six birdies in his second round, had slipped slightly by taking a five on the par-four last.

Jaidee, though, scuppered his hopes of holding the outright clubhouse lead with a double bogey at the eighth.

Dyson, who is used to the rain breaks after spending a year on the Asian Tour in 2000, hit three birdies after nine holes, a record only spoiled at the 13th where he dropped his first shot of the tournament.

The York man shot another birdie at the second, then had five straight pars, before picking up a stroke at the eighth to level the scores with a faltering Jaidee.

“I’ve made one bogey in three days and that was a three-putt, so something is telling me that my game is pretty good,” he said.

“I’m going into tomorrow and will do exactly what I’ve done these two days. I’ve been striking the ball well since the start of the season and now my putter is working this week, so I’m looking forward to it.”

For Gangjee, the rain delay looked to have affected his game. “The beginning of each nine was pretty solid and overall it wasn’t very exciting,” he said.

“The rain threw my off my rhythm a little bit. I was looking forward to a bogey on the seventh to go 10 under, but it was not exactly satisfactory for me. I’m a little bit short of where I wanted to be.”

Elsewhere, Denmark Anders Hansen shot a second successive 69 to move to six under and within four strokes of the clubhouse lead.

A number of afternoon starters were not expected to finish their rounds with the time lost earlier in the day.