Jordan Spieth is five shots off the lead at the Singapore Open after an electrical storm forced second-round play to be abandoned.
The American was lurking just one shot off the pace after his opening round at Sentosa Country Club, but suddenly found himself five strokes behind and tied for sixth place on Friday after Song Young-han of South Korea beat the foul weather to post an eight-under 63 and go to the clubhouse leading at nine under.
Spieth, teeing off after lunchtime, completed just seven holes of his second round but failed to make up any ground on the new front runner, remaining at four under after struggling with his putter, just as he did in Abu Dhabi last week.
He briefly got to five under when he drained a long putt to birdie the par-three second hole, but gave the shot back with his first bogey of the tournament, on the fifth hole.
His flat stick also let him down on the two par-fives on the front nine, which he comfortably birdied in the first round but could only par on Friday.
Sam Brazel is the best-placed Australian, tied for 11th at three under par after rounds of 72 and 67.
Spieth arrived in Southeast Asia already complaining of exhaustion after playing his past five events in five countries.
His hopes of a making a quick getaway back home to the US were at risk of being ruined by Singapore's fickle weather, with tournament officials racing against time to finish on Sunday.
While Spieth struggled to get any momentum going in the co-sanctioned Asian and Japan Tour event, Song made the most of the perfect early conditions to charge to the top of the leaderboard with seven birdies and an eagle.
Shintaro Kobayashi of Japan, one of three first-round co-leaders, added a two-under 69 to his opening 66 to reach the halfway stage at seven under, alongside former US Amateur champion An Byeong-hun, who had 11 holes still to play.
South Africa's Keith Horne and Japan's Hideto Tanihara were on the course and a shot ahead of Spieth when the thunderstorm came.
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