Lam leads the way
Ernie Els and Oliver Wilson were within a shot of clubhouse leader Lam Chin Bing at the weather-interrupted Barclays Singapore Open on Thursday when darkness ended play at Sentosa Golf Club with half the field yet to finish their first round.
After a lightning storm halted play for more two hours, Lam completed his opening round on four-under 67, one stroke ahead of Australia's Marcus Both and three ahead of Austria's Markus Brier, Korea's Charlie Wi and China's Zhang Lian-wei in the $5million Asian Tour event.
Teeing off in the afternoon, Els picked up an eagle on the fourth and had two more birdies, offset by a lone bogey, as he moved to three under through 14 holes. Wilson had birdies on the fourth, sixth and 10th and the Englishman was bogey-free through 12 holes when play was halted with 71 players still on the course.
India's Digvijay Singh joined them on that mark after firing four birdies and a bogey through 11 holes.
World number five Padraig Harrington bogeyed his final hole for a one-over 72 while Phil Mickelson overcame a poor start to shoot a 73.
Darren Clarke was tied with Mickelson on two over while two-time Singapore Open winner Adam Scott had seven bogeys in his disastrous round of 76.
But it was Lam who stole the limelight after sparkling in soggy conditions at the Serapong course.
The 31-year-old made an excellent start after teeing off on the back nine with a birdie on his first hole and three in four just before the turn.
He dropped his only shot of the day when he missed a 20-footer for par at the fifth but a birdie on the eighth put him back on top on four under.
