India's Jeev Milkha Singh eagled the final hole of his second round to take a commanding lead into the final day of the rain-shortened Austria Open in Vienna.

Former Volvo Masters winner Singh holed from 35 feet on the par-five ninth at Fontana Golf Club to complete a flawless 63 for a 15-under-par total of 127.

That would have equalled the course record but for the preferred lies in operation on the saturated course, with the event reduced to 54 holes following Thursday's wash-out.

It left the 36-year-old from Chandigarh four shots ahead of England's Simon Wakefield, with Australian Peter Fowler and New Zealand's Mark Brown, who matched Singh's 63, a shot further back.

Gary Murphy remains the leading Irish challenger, a round of 69 moving him to nine-under while Graeme McDowell is one back. David Higgins is on five-under with pre-tournament favourite Darren Clarke on three-under.

Singh, the son of a former Olympic sprinter, said: "I'm very pleased with the way I played, especially to have no bogeys today and ending with a 35ft putt for eagle on the last.

"Being 15 under in two rounds does not come too often, I can't remember the last time I did that so I'm very happy the way I managed myself on the golf course. When you get to a certain score you get ahead of yourself but I didn't do that.

"I'm thinking about the win but my main goal tomorrow is to stay in the present and see what comes my way."

Former US Open champion Michael Campbell, optimistic after an opening 69, suffered his seventh missed cut in nine events after collapsing to a 78 and Ryder Cup star David Howell also bowed out after a 73.