San Roque, Spain (My Sportsbook) - Soren Kjeldsen managed an even-par 71 on Saturday to finally complete the weather-plagued second round of the season- ending Volvo Masters.
Kjeldsen finished 36 holes at six-under 136 and is two clear at Valderrama.
After several players were not able to even tee off on Friday due to heavy rain and wind, the second round was completed Saturday morning. Rain fell Saturday as well, but everyone finished and the third round started shortly after with players going off split tees in threesomes.
Sergio Garcia, fresh off his victory as tournament host last week, shot a one- under 70 and is tied for third place with Anthony Wall (69) and Lee Westwood (68). The trio came in at four-under 138.
"A round around par on this golf course is always a good round," said Garcia.
Westwood can still win the season-long Order of Merit title with a win this week. If Westwood wins, current leader Robert Karlsson would need to finish second or third to hang on to the money title.
Karlsson is tied for 22nd place at plus-four.
Padraig Harrington, the reigning British Open and PGA Champion, is second on the Order of Merit and is tied for 26th at five-over 147.
Kjeldsen was one-over through the front nine, but two birdies and a bogey on the second nine kept Kjeldsen alone on top of the leaderboard. He had a 10- footer for birdie at the last to extend his cushion, but the ball hung on the edge.
"I wouldn't say it was a good bad day but I hit quite a lot of bad shots and got away with it," admitted Kjeldsen. "Overall, like I said yesterday, at some stage on this course, you're going to battle a little bit, and I did that today and I think I did quite well."
Kjeldsen is in good shape for a chance at his second European victory. His lone win on tour came at the 2003 Diageo Championship at Gleneagles.
Frenchman Thomas Levet shot a three-under 68 in round two and is alone in fifth place at minus-three.
Darren Clarke (69) and Simon Dyson (68) share sixth place at two-under 140, which is one shot better than Paul Casey (68), Peter Hanson (69) and Markus Brier (69).
Justin Rose, who won last year en route to the Order of Merit title, withdrew after the second round to be with his family in South Africa after the death of his grandfather.