England’s Rose leads at storm-hit Indonesian Masters

England’sJustin Rose retained the clubhouse lead after a curtailed second roundat the storm-hit Indonesian Masters yesterday, as Thailand’s KiradechAphibarnrat vaulted to second on the leaderboard.Rose, the worldnumber six, was on an aggregate score of 14-under through 16 holes onday two at par-72 Royale Jakarta Golf Club before play was abandoned at5:40pm local time due to fading light.Lightning storms in the area had halted play for two hours in the afternoon, disrupting Rose’s round.Two-timeAsian Tour winner Kiradech fired an eight-birdie 64 — including fivebirdies in a row — to lie second with a a two-day total of 12-under-par132.“I have been hitting it good all week and playing some good golf,” Kiradech said.“I am happy with the five birdies in a row that I made and only missed two birdies putts overall.“The conditions were good at the start but at the end it was very hot and humid.” Rose,who has enjoyed back-to-back wins in China and Turkey in the past twomonths, fired five birdies for the day before play was called off.Tiedfor third were South Korea’s Kim Giwhan and Scott Vincent of Zimbabwe,who still had four holes left to play when the day was abandoned.Taiwan’sSung Mao-Chang, 39, provided the highlight of the day with a 205-yardhole-in-one on the par-three seventh. He shot a three-under par 68 tofinish tied for 34th.