Rose beginning to bloom in Northern Trust Open

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Justin Rose put himself into contention in the Northern Trust Open as play was suspended for the day at Riviera Country Club with darkness preventing the completion of the second round.
England's Ryder Cup star posted a four-under-par 67 on a rainy day near Los Angeles to get to six under, four shots off the lead held by Steve Stricker and the still-to-finish Dustin Johnson.
A hole in one from Johnson had helped the first-round leader regain the initiative from Stricker, who had posted an early 65 to get to 10 under and take the clubhouse lead.
World number three Stricker had moved to the top of the leaderboard with a seven-birdie, one-bogey 65. Johnson, though, soon made inroads with birdies at the par-five first and the par-three fourth and moved into the outright lead when he aced the 199-yard, par-three sixth.

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But he fell back to 10 under with a bogey at the 15th in fading light, managing to finish just one more hole before the suspension came.
Romero was seven under after 15 holes when play was halted, followed in a tie for fourth by Rose, Stadler, who shot a level-par 71 to finish at six under, and Tim Wilkinson, who had also carded a 67.
Rose's compatriot and Ryder Cup team-mate Luke Donald was one under after 14 holes, in a group at four under that also included American Brandt Snedeker (72), South Africa's Ernie Els (70) and defending champion Phil Mickelson - who got his bid for a third Northern Trust Open title in a row back on track with a 66 following his opening 72.
With the halfway cut mark hovering around the one-over-par mark but conditions and scores worsening as the afternoon wore on, some of the later starters were having to be mindful of making the weekend's play.
Padraig Harrington was one of those as he bid to shake off some rust in his first tournament of the year. The three-time major winner had opened with a 72 and started his second round well with two birdies in his first three holes, only to card four bogeys between the fourth and 15th.
A birdie at the 16th got Harrington heading back in the right direction only for play to be brought to a close with the Irishman on two over par with two to play. Martin Laird of Scotland was three over after 15 holes, two over for the day.
SECOND ROUND SCOREBOARD
Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, California
Par 142 (2x71)
Note: Second round play has been suspended due to darkness. The second round will resume at 7:30 a.m local time
132 Steve Stricker 67 65
136 Kevin Stadler 65 71, Justin Rose (Eng) 69 67, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl) 69 67
137 Ricky Barnes 66 71, Steve Marino 70 67, Anthony Kim 71 66
138 Phil Mickelson 72 66, Ernie Els (Rsa) 68 70, Brandt Snedeker 66 72
139 Kevin Na 72 67, George McNeill 70 69, Michael Allen 69 70, Bryce Molder 71 68
140 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 70 70, Bo Van Pelt 70 70, Matt Kuchar 69 71, Alex Prugh 71 69
141 D.A. Points 69 72, Robert Allenby (Aus) 72 69, Roland Thatcher 68 73, Ben Curtis 73 68, Tim Clark (Rsa) 69 72, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 71 70, Fred Couples 69 72
142 Brian Davis (Eng) 72 70, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 68 74, John Merrick 70 72, Stewart Cink 71 71, John Rollins 71 71, Chad Campbell 70 72, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 68 74, Marc Leishman (Aus) 71 71, Scott Verplank 68 74, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 71 71, Nicholas Thompson 69 73
143 Michael Letzig 71 72, Woody Austin 71 72, David Duval 68 75, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 69 74, Webb Simpson 70 73, J J Henry 70 73, Brett Quigley 70 73, Jimmy Walker 71 72, Rich Beem 74 69, Craig Bowden 69 74
144 Bill Lunde 72 72, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 71 73, Matt Bettencourt 70 74, Parker McLachlin 71 73, Mark Wilson 72 72, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 72 72, Cameron Beckman 67 77, Jason Bohn 69 75, Ryan Moore 70 74
145 Jeff Klauk 70 75, Hunter Mahan 71 74, Michael Bradley 74 71, Tim Petrovic 73 72, James Driscoll 71 74
146 Pat Perez 73 73, Chris Stroud 71 75, Adam Scott (Aus) 73 73, Bubba Watson 71 75, Will MacKenzie 70 76, Vijay Singh (Fij) 73 73, Mike Weir (Can) 69 77, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 74 72, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 70 76, Rickie Fowler 71 75
147 Bill Haas 72 75, Joshua Wooding 71 76, Jeff Quinney 71 76, Lee Janzen 72 75, Corey Pavin 72 75
148 Scott McCarron 74 74, John Senden (Aus) 75 73, Alex Cejka (Ger) 75 73, Jason Day (Aus) 74 74
149 Mathew Goggin (Aus) 78 71, John Mallinger 70 79
150 Jerry Kelly 73 77, Michael Sim (Sco/Aus) 77 73, Brett Lederer 72 78, Chez Reavie 75 75
152 Nathan Green (Aus) 74 78, James Nitties (Aus) 73 79
153 Jeff Templeton 74 79