India, Oct. 15 -- The broken toe of Eugenio Chacarra is still on the mend, but neither that, nor a five-and-half hour stoppage because of heavy rain and threat of lightning, stopped the Spaniard from producing a fine round on Day 1 of the $4 million DP World India Championship on Thursday.

Niklaas Norgaard of Denmark shot a 6-under 66 to take the clubhouse lead just before play was called off for the day with many players still to complete their rounds.

The 26-year-old Chacarra sank a few long putts to race to 5-under par in the morning before poor weather forced play to be stopped. It did not resume until 4pm.

Chacarra, a two-time winner on the European tour (DP World Tour) this season to be second in the Race 2 Dubai Rankings, behind...