After worrying all week about Typhoon Kai-tak wreaking havoc on the China Tour, Hainan Leg, a road accident involving a bus carrying caddies to the Kangle Garden Spa and Golf Club forced a two-hour delay to the start of the tournament, leaving almost half the field on the course when darkness descended.
As a result Tony Tan Yongzong found himself at the top of the leaderboard for the first time in his life after a birdie in the driving rain on the 18th left him in a three-way tie for the club house lead after shooting a two-under-par 70. His moment in the sun, on a day when a strong post-typhoon wind sporadically drove rain across the course, was made even sweeter by being joined by his best friend - Kunming Leg winner Richard Qiu Zhifeng. Tan's other co-leader is his playing partner and current China Tour Order of Merit leader Li Chao.