europeantour.com : Miguel Angel Jiménez and Brett Rumford were tied for the lead on -10 when the third round of the Ballantine's Championship was suspended for the day due to bad weather in Korea.
Heavy downpours and the threat of lightning forced the players off the Blackstone GC Course just as the leaders had completed their front nine.
Australian Rumford had held a three shot lead at the halfway stage but while he could only complete a level par 36 on the front nine, 47 year old Jiménez fired three birdies to turn in 33.That wiped out the deficit, and saw the duo pull two clear of Wales' Rhys Davies, who was -3 through ten - a 20 foot putt at the fifth completing a run of three birdies in four holes.
Spaniard Jiménez made the perfect start to the day with consecutive birdies at the first and second, where his superb approach was within four feet, and The Ryder Cup star birdied the eighth from 15 feet.
"Tomorrow, play 27 holes, feel good. I feel fine. Tomorrow is a marathon."
World Number One Lee Westwood was -2 through 12, the Englishman advancing to -6 just 4 shots back, although he had just hooked his tee shot way off line at the 13th and was set to return to a difficult second shot.
After an hour of further heavy rain, play was abandoned for the day. Round three will resume at 0800 on Sunday.
Leaderboard as play was suspended
T1 JIMÉNEZ, Miguel Angel -10 9 -3 70 67 - - 137
T1 RUMFORD, Brett -10 9 Par 71 63 - - 134
3 DAVIES, Rhys -8 10 -2 70 68 - - 138
T4 RAMSAY, Richie -7 13 -3 68 72 - - 140
T4 KAPUR, Shiv -7 13 -3 72 68 - - 140
T4 KARLBERG, Rikard -7 12 -3 71 69 - - 140
T4 KIM, Dae-hyun -7 11 -3 71 69 - - 140
T4 NOREN, Alexander -7 11 -2 70 69 - - 139
T4 JOHNSON, Dustin -7 10 -2 70 69 - - 139
T4 KJELDSEN, Søren -7 9 Par 71 66 - - 137
T11 LOWRY, Shane* -6 17 -4 72 70 - - 142
T11 WESTWOOD, Lee -6 12 -2 72 68 - - 140
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