Bradbury setting the pace in Johannesburg

England’s Dan Bradbury continued to set the pace as bad weather again disrupted play in the Joburg Open.

Bradbury, who turned professional in July and only received an invite to the first tournament of the new DP World Tour season on Friday, added a 66 to his opening 63 at Houghton Golf Club to set the clubhouse target on 13 under par.

South Africa’s Casey Jarvis and France’s Romain Langasque had reached 12 under after 14 and 11 holes respectively before play was called off for the day following an earlier stoppage of almost three hours due to lightning.

Bradbury, ranked 1,397th in the world, recovered from a bogey on the second with an eagle and six birdies in the next nine holes and at one point enjoyed a seven-shot lead before dropping shots on the 15th and 16th.

Craig Howie was four under, three under for the day, when play was suspended. Marc Warren is level par after a 73.