Brian Gay leads before Memphis play suspended
First-round leader Brian Gay bogeyed the last two holes of his second round on Friday but still stretched his clubhouse lead as play was suspended for the day at the St Jude Classic due to the threat of severe weather in Memphis.
With hail, lightning and 70 miles per hour winds closing in on TPC Southwind, tournament officials blew the horn to suspend play at 4:23pm local time.
Play resumed at 7am Saturday local time, when 78 players returned to complete their second rounds. When the third round begins following the halfway cut, players will be re-grouped in threesomes rather than pairs and play off split tees.
Gay, who won the Verizon Heritage tournament in April by 10 strokes, had long posted his second-round score when the hooter sounded.
The American had taken a two-shot lead into Friday's play and quickly set about trying to build an equally formidable lead to the one he enjoyed at Harbour Town Links with five birdies in his first eight holes before a bogey at the 10th.
He moved to 12 under, five shots clear of the field with birdies at the par-four 12th and 15th holes but his good work was undone a little with his disappointing finish as he carded a four-under-par 66, adding to his opening 64 to move to 10 under at the halfway stage.
With many of the chasing pack including world number two Phil Mickelson and Europeans Jose Maria Olazabal and Mathias Gronberg among the day's late starters, PGA Tour veterans Guy Boros, Woody Austin and Loren Roberts took up the challenge.
Austin, 45, won the tournament in 2007 and he moved into contention once again with a second-round 66 to move to seven under, three shots adrift of the lead.
Boros, 44, was also at seven under following his second-round 66, while Champions Tour regular Roberts, 54 later this month and competing in his hometown tournament, shot a bogey-free 67 to reach the clubhouse at six under.
That put him level with former US PGA champion Rich Beem, who shot a 68 and Heath Slocum, who had the low round of the day with a 63 which was matched later by fellow American Bryce Molder.
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First-round leader Brian Gay bogeyed the last two holes of his second round on Friday but still stretched his clubhouse lead as play was suspended for the day at the St Jude Classic due to the threat of severe weather in Memphis.
With hail, lightning and 70 miles per hour winds closing in on TPC Southwind, tournament officials blew the horn to suspend play at 4:23pm local time.
Play resumed at 7am Saturday local time, when 78 players returned to complete their second rounds. When the third round begins following the halfway cut, players will be re-grouped in threesomes rather than pairs and play off split tees.
Gay, who won the Verizon Heritage tournament in April by 10 strokes, had long posted his second-round score when the hooter sounded.
The American had taken a two-shot lead into Friday's play and quickly set about trying to build an equally formidable lead to the one he enjoyed at Harbour Town Links with five birdies in his first eight holes before a bogey at the 10th.
He moved to 12 under, five shots clear of the field with birdies at the par-four 12th and 15th holes but his good work was undone a little with his disappointing finish as he carded a four-under-par 66, adding to his opening 64 to move to 10 under at the halfway stage.
With many of the chasing pack including world number two Phil Mickelson and Europeans Jose Maria Olazabal and Mathias Gronberg among the day's late starters, PGA Tour veterans Guy Boros, Woody Austin and Loren Roberts took up the challenge.
Austin, 45, won the tournament in 2007 and he moved into contention once again with a second-round 66 to move to seven under, three shots adrift of the lead.
Boros, 44, was also at seven under following his second-round 66, while Champions Tour regular Roberts, 54 later this month and competing in his hometown tournament, shot a bogey-free 67 to reach the clubhouse at six under.
That put him level with former US PGA champion Rich Beem, who shot a 68 and Heath Slocum, who had the low round of the day with a 63 which was matched later by fellow American Bryce Molder.
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