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Volvo Masters second round is washed out

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  • Second round of the Volvo Masters postponed until Saturday after heavy rain
  • Only two players under par for their round when officials called a halt to play
  • Soren Kjeldsen leading after his superb six-under opening round on Thursday
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(CNN) -- The battle for the Volvo Masters, and the Order of Merit crown, has been postponed until Saturday after heavy rain washed out the scheduled second round at Valderrama.

Kjeldsen was one of only six players to finish under par after Thursday's Volvo Masters opening round.

Only two players were under par for their round when tournament officials initially decided to bring the players in due to waterlogged areas.

With no sign of the weather abating, it was decided shortly afterwards to postpone play.

The tournament's early leaders had yet to begin their round with Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen holding the lead at six-under-par.

Kjeldsen had defied the windy conditions during the opening round on Thursday to set the pace with a superb six-under-par 65.

Four of the European Tour's top players -- Robert Karlsson, Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood and Miguel Angel Jimenez -- are all competing for the Harry Vardon trophy awarded to the winner of the the Order of Merit.

Only one of that quartet, Westwood, managed to finish under par at the Golf Club de Valderrama, the Englishman's one under par 70 leaving him tied for fifth alongside South Africa's Hennie Otto.

Order of Merit leader Karlsson, and Jimenez, both had forgettable outward nines before finishing respectively on two-over-par 73.

However Karlsson, who leads Harrington by 300,000 euros in earnings on the Order of Merit, is still in contention to become the first Swede to finish the season as Europe's number one earner.

Harrington's lack of affinity with the par 71 course was conspicuous throughout a birdie-less round which left him five-over-par with a 76 that included five bogeys.

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