GOTEMBA, Japan – Japan’s Rintaro Nakano claimed a late one-stroke lead at seven-under over China’s Wenyi Ding through the second spherical of the Asia-Pacific Newbie Championship because the spherical was suspended resulting from darkness on Friday night.
The second spherical was delayed by six and a half hours resulting from fog and heavy rain, together with 4 inches in a single day at Taiheiyo Membership Gotemba.
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Second-round play received underway at 1 p.m. with the morning wave of gamers dealing with damp circumstances. Gamers within the afternoon wave didn’t tee off on Friday.
Nakano countered a bogey on the 14th with birdies at Nos. 13, 15 and 18 to show at two-under on the day. After the flip, he added a late birdie on the third, a gap he eagled on Thursday, to say a one-stroke lead over Ding.
Ding, the highest-ranked participant within the discipline at fifth within the World Newbie Golf Rating, made the a lot of the gentle circumstances to notch up birdies on the thirteenth, sixteenth and 18th to maneuver to six-under and one shot again of the lead with taking part in companion Nakano.
“I’m going to go mattress earlier,” joked Nakano after the lengthy climate delay. “I am up early within the morning tomorrow, so restoration is essential…As we speak was an extended and troublesome day ready.”
First-round chief Randy Bintang from Indonesia remained at five-under and didn’t start his second spherical on Friday as a member of the afternoon wave.
The second spherical might be accomplished tomorrow with the main 60 gamers and ties progressing to the third spherical.
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