India, Oct. 15 -- Spain's Eugenio Chacara cashed in on the soft conditions on Thursday morning to share the early lead in the $4mn DP World India Championship at the Delhi Golf Club course.

When play was suspended due to threat of lightning in inclement weather, Chacarra was 5-under after 16 holes, sharing the lead with Northern Ireland's 23-year-old Tom McKibbin in the first round.

The 26-year-old Chacarra, among the earliest starters, neatly navigated a course with narrow fairways, brutal roughs and thick overgrowth beyond where balls are so difficult to find.

Chacarra, who started on the 10th hole, sank four birdies in the first six holes before dropping a shot on the par-5 16th, his seventh hole, paying the price for finding the ro...