Is this the ugliest backdrop to any golf course staging a big event? Ernie Els playing an approach shot during today's play in the Singapore Open.

Paul Lawrie has a pair of 75s

in Singapore Open

Paul Lawrie travelled a long way to play only two rounds in the weather-hit Singapore Open.

Today, he completed his second round at Sentose Golf Club in 75 shots, went out again and returned another 75.

A 36-hole tally of 150 means he will miss the cut by a large margin.

The Aberdonian ran up a double bogey 7 at the seventh in an outward half of 41 in his first round. And he notched up a double bogey 6 at the second in an outward 38 in his second round.

Before play was suspended at 2.38pm local time with another lightning storm looming up, Ernie Els and Simon Dyson were sharing the halfway lead on 136.

Dyson scored 69 and 67, Els 66 and 70.

SECOND-ROUND LEADERS

Par 142 (2 x 71)

Round two suspended at 7pm local time due to fading light. Play to resume 7.30am on Saturday.
136 Simon Dyson (Eng) 69 67, Ernie Els (Rsa) 66 70
138 Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 70 68, Rory Mcilroy (NIrl) 70 68
139 Thomas Bjorn (Den) 72 67, David Gleeson (Aus) 72 67
140 Mitchell Brown (Aus) 70 70, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 69 71, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 72 68
141 Chris Rodgers (Eng) 70 71, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 73 68
142 David Bransdon (Aus) 73 69, Digvijay Singh (Ind) 70 72, Scott Strange (Aus) 71 71
143 Lu Wei-Chih (Tai) 71 72, Peter Fowler (Aus) 72 71, James Kingston (Rsa) 72 71
144 Keith Horne (Rsa) 69 75, Kane Webber (Aus) 73 71, Kim Kyung-Tae (Kor) 69 75, Oliver Wilson (Eng) 71 73, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 75 69, Noh Seung-Yul (Kor) 72 72
145 Hendrik Buhrmann (Rsa) 73 72, Artemio Murakami (Phi) 74 71, Nick Redfern (Eng) 69 76, Nick O'hern (Aus) 73 72
146 Panuwat Muenlek (Tha) 76 70, Gavin Flint (Aus) 76 70, Richard Moir (Aus) 70 76, Juvic Pagunsan (Phi) 72 74, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 74 72, Lu Wen-Teh (Tai) 74 72, S.S.P. Chowrasia (Ind) 70 76

================PROJECTED HALFWAY CUT ==========================
147 Adam Groom (Aus) 73 74, Jerome Ng (Sin) 72 75, Atthaphon Prathummanee (Tha) 73 74, Chawalit Plaphol (Tha) 71 76, K.J. Choi (Kor) 70 77, Lin Wen-Tang (Tai) 75 72
148 Chang Tse-Peng (Tai) 74 74, Himmat Rai (Ind) 76 72, Lin Keng-Chi (Tai) 71 77, Prom Meesawat (Tha) 74 74
149 Siraphop Srisakorn (Tha) 74 75, Richard Lee (Nzl) 74 75, Amandeep Johl (Ind) 74 75, Taichiro Kiyota (Jpn) 75 74, Kang Wook-Soon (Kor) 77 72, Brad Kennedy (Aus) 74 75, Airil Rizman (Mal) 74 75, Quincy Quek (Sin) 77 72, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 80 69
150 Wu Ashun (Chn) 74 76, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 75 75, Paul Lawrie (Sco) 75 75
151 Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 73 78, Mark Brown (Nzl) 74 77
152 Antonio Lascuna (Phi) 78 74, Rahil Gangjee (Ind) 79 73, Martin Rominger (Swi) 78 74
153 Bill Fung (Sin) 73 80
154 Zaw Moe (Mya) 75 79
155 Wasin Sripattranusorn (Tha) 77 78, Choengchai Panpumpo (Tha) 76 79
156 Lee Sung (Kor) 78 78, David Lam Jr (Sin) 77 79, Pornpong Phatlum (Tha) 80 76
157 Simon Hurd (Eng) 77 80
Disqualified: David Frost (Rsa) 73 70.