Cristobal Del Solar and Mason Andersen co-lead at the Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard at 10-under par as play was suspended in the second round.

Originally, play was suspended due to lightning at 2:09 p.m. ET, then resumed at 4:55 p.m. and then was suspended due to darkness at 6:01 p.m. The second round will resume on Saturday at 7 a.m., with 67 players needing to complete Round 2. Third-round tee times will start at approximately 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. off Nos. 1 and 10 tees.

Charting the leader (stats entering the week)

Cristobal Del Solar (T1/E thru 8)

• Cards even par thru eight holes during the second round before play was suspended due to darkness
• Making fourth start of the season and third appearance at the Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard (T13/2023, 5th/2024)
• Chilean won the 2024 Ascendant presented by Blue in his second season on the Korn Ferry Tour
• Captured a win in Bogotá at the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica's 2022 Volvo Golf Championship at Club El Rincón de Cajicá by one shot over Mitchell Meissner
• Made 26 starts on the PGA TOUR in 2025, highlighted by a top-25 finish at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans (T12); finished No. 187 in the 2025 FedExCup Fall
• Turned professional in 2017, playing on PGA TOUR Canada in 2017, PGA TOUR Latinoamérica from 2018-2022 and Korn Ferry Tour from 2023-2024; finished No. 14 on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, earning PGA TOUR membership (top 30 from Points List) for the 2025 season
• Plays from Jupiter, Florida, but was born in Vina del Mar, Chile, roughly 76 miles from Santiago, where the Korn Ferry Tour’s Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank will be contested next month

Mason Andersen (T1/-10)

• Recorded seven birdies against one bogey for a second-round 6-under 65
• Would hold third career 36-hole lead/co-lead on Tour and first since the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance (finished T10) if his position remains at the conclusion of round two
• Owns two top-25 finishes in three starts this 2026 season (T3/The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island, T16/The Panama Championship)
• Making third appearance at the Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard (MC/2023, T8/2024)
• Currently sits at No. 8 in the Korn Ferry Tour Points List
• Made 25 starts on the PGA TOUR in 2025, highlighted by a top-25 finish at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship (T22); finished No. 184 in the 2025 FedExCup Fall
• Class of 2024 Korn Ferry Tour graduate (top 30); finished No. 22 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List off the strength of his first career victory at the 2024 117 Visa Argentina Open presented by Macro; previously, finished No. 36 on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, earning fully exempt status for the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour Season

Additional player notes

• James Nicholas (T3/-9), who finished No. 64 in the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List cards a bogey-free 6-under 65 after Round 2; T3 marks his career-best 36-hole position on Tour (previous best: T5, two times; most recent: 2026 The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantis Paradise Island/finished T58).
• Tom Whitney (T3/-9), who holds conditional Korn Ferry Tour status and is making his season debut, cards a second-round, 8-under 63 despite bogeys on No. 5 and 13; 63 marks his lowest 18-hole score in 14 career rounds at the Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard (previous best: 65/2025/R2/finished T26).
• Hayden Buckley (T3/-9), who is coming off of two top-25 finishes this season (T13/The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at The Abaco Club, T11/The Panama Championship) played his last 24 holes bogey-free, highlighted by an eagle on No. 4 during the second round; Korn Ferry Tour winner currently sits at No. 16 in the Korn Ferry Tour Points List.
• Hunter Eichhorn (T3/-9), who is making his tournament debut, follows his bogey-free first-round 65 with a second-round 3-under 68; currently sitting at No. 21 in the Korn Ferry Tour Points List, opened the 2026 season with a T6 finish at The Bahamas Golf Classic at Atlantic Paradise Island.
• Four-time Korn Ferry Tour winner Robby Shelton (T3/-9), who finished No. 40 in the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, sits at 2-under during the second round with seven holes left to play.
• Ricardo Celia (T32/-4), who is a conditional member and native of Barranquilla, Colombia, was 1-over thru 16 during the first round before play was suspended due to darkness, birdied his final two holes Friday morning to finish 1-under 70, and then went on to post a second-round 3-under 68.
• Five-time PGA TOUR winner Camilo Villegas (T42/-3), who shot a first-round 74, carded five consecutive birdies on Nos. 14-18 during the second round en route to a 6-under 65; the native of Medellin, Colombia, holds Korn Ferry Tour membership this season via a T7 finish at Final Stage of 2025 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry, where he fell one stroke shy of a playoff for a PGA TOUR card.
• Ross Steelman withdrew (illness) before the second round, Bryson Nimmer withdrew (illness) during the second round and Sebastian Cappelen, Rayhan Thomas, Braden Thornberry and Ben Kohles withdrew during the second round.