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| 10 April 2005 | Sunday | 30 Safar 1426 |
Howell in tie for lead at rain hit Masters
The trio were locked at five under par, Englishman Howell having birdied five of his first seven holes, when play was called off for the day due to the threat of thunderstorms and lightning.
Donald, like Howell a Masters debutant, had completed two holes and first-round leader DiMarco just one.
Defending champion Phil Mickelson, after an opening 70, and world number one Vijay Singh, following a 69, were among 15 players in the 91-strong field yet to tee off in the second round.
Organisers said play would resume at 0800 local (1200 GMT) on Saturday, with a favourable weekend forecast expecting mainly dry conditions.
This is the third time in the last four years second-round play at Augusta National has spilled over into the third day.
Howell, a member of Europe’s triumphant Ryder Cup team at Oakland Hills last September, produced red-hot form in overcast afternoon conditions after completing a level-par 72 earlier in the day.
The 29-year-old Englishman reeled off birdies on 10, his first hole, 11, 13, 15 and 16 before play was suspended at 12.40 local time.
Earlier in the day, American Ryder Cup player DiMarco held off initial challenges by Mickelson and Singh to retain his overnight lead when the thunderstorm-hit first round was completed.
DiMarco, a stroke clear at the start of the day after three consecutive birdies from the par-four first, picked up another shot at the par-three sixth on his way to a five-under-par 67.
Fog interrupts
LONDON: Bad weather caused play in the Madeira Island Open to be called off at 1900 GMT on Friday with half of the field still to complete their second rounds.
Britain’s Kyron Sullivan retained top place after shooting a two-under-par 70 in the second round before fog swirled in.
That earned him a one-shot lead on a 10-under-par score of 134 over Ireland’s David Higgins, who posted 66.
| Open men’s individual scores |
| 134 Kyron Sullivan (Britain) 64 70 |
| 135 David Higgins (Ireland) 69 66 |
| 137 Rolf Muntz (Netherlands) 70 67 |
| 137 Stephen Scahill (New Zealand) 64 73 |
| 137 Magnus Persson Atlevi (Sweden) 69 68 |
| 138 Andrew McLardy (South Africa) 67 71 |
| 139 Richard McEvoy (Britain) 65 74 |
| 139 Simon Wakefield (Britain) 68 71 |
| 139 Andrea Maestroni (Italy) 68 71 |
| 139 Julien Clement (Switzerland) 71 68 |
| 139 Van Phillips (Britain) 70 69 |
| 139 Mark Foster (Britain) 70 69 |
| 139 Stuart Little (Britain) 68 71 |
| 139 Robert Karlsson (Sweden) 70 69 |
| 139 Gary Murphy (Ireland) 68 71 |
—Agencies
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