The second round of the International Series India presented by DLF was finally completed this afternoon with no one able to catch the overnight leader Joaquin Niemann from Chile.

Niemann fired second-round four-under-par 68 yesterday to secure the halfway lead on six-under by two from American Ollie Schniederjans and Japan’s Kazuki Higa.

American MJ Maguire was the only the player who came closest to joining him today after firing a 68, to move into the tie for second.

Travis Smyth from Australia returned a 69 and is one stroke back along with Filipino Justin Quiban and Jose Toledo from Guatemala, who shot a 66 yesterday – the best round of the week so far.

M.J. Maguire. Picture By Ian Walton/Asian Tour.

First-round leader Eugenio Chacarra from Spain carded a 74 and is two under with Chase Koepka from the United States and Thailand’s Danthai Boonma.

Chacarra had the distinction of making an albatross on the par-five eighth, where he holed a five iron from 222 yard. It is the 29th albatross on the Asian Tour.

The action will resume with a shotgun start at 3.30pm local time.

Thick fog each day has caused numerous delays which has resulted in the organisers moving to a shotgun start in order to finish four rounds by tomorrow.

It is the first time there has been a shotgun start on The International Series but not on the Asian Tour. Last year’s Mercuries Taiwan Masters saw two shotguns starts at the weekend because of delays caused by Typhoon Krathon.

American Bryson DeChambeau is one under for the tournament having come in with a 72 on Friday.

Today’s halfway cut was made a eight over, four short of the highest ever recorded, which was at Acer Taiwan Open in 2002. Notable absentees from the next two rounds will be Americans John Catlin and Andy Ogletree, the past two winners of the Asian Tour Order of Merit.