Following an overnight rain delay, Watt resumed the second round from the sixth hole at 11:30am on Sunday to post birdies at 7, 9, 15 and 18 and close out a stellar round of 5-under 67.

The West Australian will begin this afternoon’s third round with a 9-under total in what will be a shotgun start at approximately 3:45pm.

“It was good to get a bunch of birdies at the end there. The birdie at the last was great, the green was kind of flooding but where the pin is it was good and I holed a nice 6-footer,” Watt said.

Rain began to pour in the Latrobe Valley throughout Watt’s final three holes and raised concerns that the tournament would be delayed once again.

Watt and playing partner Dale Brandt-Richards ran the final hole in speed-golf style in order to complete 36 holes while Watt hopes the weather will continue to hold off ahead of an exciting final round.

“It was pretty soggy out there in the end. The conditions were pretty consistent with how it’s been for the past four days. Hopefully we can get the third round in and we can all get it done.”

Victorian Tom Power Horan sits just one shot behind Watt at 8-under the card after finishing his second round on Friday.

Intermittent showers and gusting winds have caused havoc since Thursday, only allowing one and a half rounds of the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia tournament to be played.

Rules officials yesterday announced that the Gippsland Super 6 would be reduced to 54 holes of strokeplay in order to determine an inaugural champion on Sunday evening.

Round three of the Gippsland Super 6 will commence at approximately 3:45pm at Yallourn Golf Club. Live scores are available at pga.org.au.