Jason Bohn's lead cut to three shots in Zurich Classic

Jason Bohn saw his lead trimmed to three shots as the rain-delayed third round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans belatedly got under way.
Heavy rain and lightning at TPC Louisiana had forced the suspension of the second round on Friday with only 47 golfers having played 36 holes and it took the rest of the field, including first-round leader Bohn, until Saturday afternoon to catch up.
Bohn, who was forced to wait until Saturday morning to start his second round, extended his advantage to four strokes after closing with three birdies in a row for a 67. He then went straight back out for his third round and after six holes was back at 12 under, three shots in front of Australian Greg Chalmers and Germany's Alex Cejka.
===============================
More News
Fraser claims Ballantine's win
Swedes stay on top
Fujita takes control
Ochoa confirms retirement
===============================
Englishman Greg Owen opened with a 67 and was bogey free in his second round - and two under for the day - as he waited to begin the 18th before play was suspended on Friday.
He resumed to par that final hole and started the third round at seven under, alongside fellow Englishman Brian Davis, Cejka and American veteran Lee Janzen.
Having got to nine under, though, Owen gave a shot back at the par-four sixth and when play was called for the night due to poor light, the Englishman was eight under after eight holes.
Owen was in a five-way tie for fourth with Australian John Senden, American Jeff Overton and his compatriots Kevin Sutherland and Shaun Micheel.
Davis, runner-up last week to Jim Furyk at the Verizon Heritage having called a penalty on himself in a sudden death play-off, had so far failed to build on his six-under, second-round 66, dropping a shot after six holes to six under.

LATER NEWS FROM START OF THIRD ROUND
-12 after six holes Bohn.
-9 after seven holes Chalmers.
-9 after six holes Cejka.
-8 after 11 holes Sutherland.
-8 after eight holes Owen.
-8 after seven holes Micheel.
-8 after six holes Senden, Overton.
SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
132 Jason Bohn 65 67
136 Jeff Overton 67 69, John Senden (Aus) 67 69
137 Brian Davis (Eng) 71 66, Lee Janzen 71 66, Greg Owen (Eng) 67 70, Shaun Micheel 70 67, Alex Cejka (Ger) 70 67
138 Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 70 68, David Toms 69 69, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 70 68, Chris Couch 67 71, Troy Merritt 68 70
139 Aron Price (Aus) 69 70, Chris Riley 73 66, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 71 68, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 72 67
140 Michael Letzig 72 68, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 69 71, David Duval 68 72, Garrett Willis 71 69, Kevin Sutherland 68 72, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 70 70, Kevin Stadler 70 70, Andres Romero (Arg) 72 68, K J Choi (Kor) 68 72, Boo Weekley 70 70
141 Chris Stroud 69 72, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 69 72, Charley Hoffman 73 68, Jason Dufner 67 74, Steve Flesch 70 71, Phil Schmitt 74 67, Charles Howell III 68 73, Charlie Wi (Kor) 74 67, Chad Collins 72 69, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 71 70, Josh Teater 70 71, Cameron Tringale 69 72, Nicholas Thompson 72 69
142 Spencer Levin 73 69, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 73 69, Matthew Jones (Aus) 69 73, Alex Prugh 72 70, Jeff Klauk 70 72, Chris Tidland 72 70, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 72 70, Justin Rose (Eng) 70 72, Roland Thatcher 73 69, Ken Duke 72 70, John Merrick 72 70, Joe Ogilvie 71 71, Ted Purdy 72 70, Bubba Watson 71 71, Kevin Streelman 71 71, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 70 72, John Rollins 74 68, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 71 71, Tom Gillis 72 70, Carlos Franco (Par) 70 72, Troy Matteson 71 71
143 Jerry Kelly 71 72, Billy Mayfair 74 69, Michael Bradley 73 70, Mark Hensby (Aus) 71 72, Tom Pernice Jnr. 69 74, Cameron Percy (Aus) 73 70, Michael Connell 76 67, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 72 71, Brad Faxon 69 74, John Daly 72 71, Francis Quinn 71 72, Craig Bowden 69 74, Skip Kendall 71 72, Rich Barcelo 69 74
MISSED THE CUT
144 Brendon De Jonge 71 73, Scott Piercy 77 67, Steve Wheatcroft 71 73, Graham Delaet (Can) 74 70, Ben Crane 70 74, Jerod Turner 73 71, Johnson Wagner 73 71, Briny Baird 73 71, Brandt Snedeker 73 71, Stephen Ames (Can) 75 69
145 Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 72 73, Jeff Gove 72 73, Woody Austin 72 73, Roger Tambellini 74 71, Ryan Palmer 73 72, Jimmy Walker 72 73, Matt Weibring 71 74, Bryce Molder 73 72, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 74 71, Scott McCarron 72 73, Kris Blanks 71 74, Tim Herron 72 73, Chris DiMarco 72 73, Cliff Kresge 74 71, Fred Funk 71 74, Mark Calcavecchia 72 73
146 Charles Warren 73 73, David Lutterus (Rsa) 72 74, Joe Durant 75 71, J J Henry 72 74, Omar Uresti 77 69, Harrison Frazar 74 72, James Driscoll 74 72
147 Brent Delahoussaye 71 76, Jeff Quinney 73 74, Mark Wilson 77 70, Will MacKenzie 73 74, D.A. Points 76 71, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 72 75, Tim Petrovic 76 71, Jay Williamson 73 74, Henrik Bjornstad (Nor) 77 70
148 Martin Flores 75 73, Brett Quigley 75 73, Matt Fast 72 76, Mike Weir (Can) 76 72, James Nitties (Aus) 70 78, Blake Adams 75 73
149 Bob Estes 70 79, Justin Bolli 74 75, Robert Garrigus 74 75, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 78 71, Chris Smith 78 71, Tommy Armour III 73 76
150 Brian Rowell 80 70, Paul Stankowski 77 73, Steve Lowery 74 76, Kevin Johnson 74 76, Todd Hamilton 77 73, Matt Bettencourt 77 73, Chez Reavie 76 74
151 Brian Stuard 79 72, Paul Goydos 75 76, Notah Begay III 74 77, Greg Kraft 72 79, Parker McLachlin 77 74
152 Steve Marino 77 75
153 Brennan Webb (Can) 77 76, Rocco Mediate 76 77, Derek Lamely 77 76
154 Scott Verplank 77 77
155 Webb Simpson 80 75
160 Tyson Shinaut 79 81
WD Pat Perez, Vance Veazey, Bill Lunde, Jeff Maggert, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl), Chris Wilson

McLean leads at halfway in Edward Trophy at Glasgow Gailes

Peterhead's Philip McLean, winner of the Leven Gold Medal 72-hole tournament last year, leads the field by one shot at the halfway stage of the Edward Trophy four-round SGU Order of Merit event at Glasgow Gailes Golf Club.

McLean had rounds of 68 and 72 today (Sat) for a four-under-par tally of 140.

That gave him a narrow advantage over another North-east traveller, Scott Larkin (Banchory) and Brian Soutar (Leven Golfing Society.

Larkin, who spent four years on the American college golf circuit, had rounds of 72 and 69 while Soutar followed up a first-round 71 with a 70.

Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm), recent winner of the Craigmillar Park Open and a previous winner of the Edward Trophy is in joint sixth place on 143 after scores of 72 and 71.

.

SECOND-ROUND TOTALS

Par 142 (2x71) CSS 74 XX

140 Philip McLean (Peterhead) 68 72.

141 Brian Soutar (Leven GS) 71 70, Scott Larkin (Banchory) 72 69.

142 Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar) 73 69, Jonathan King (Glasgow) 72 70.

143 Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) 72 71, Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) 72 71.

144 Mark Hillson (Craigielaw) 69 75, Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh) 71 73, Craig Watson (East Renfrewshire) 70 74.

145 Scott Borrowman (Dollar) 71 74, Greg Paterson (St Andrews New) 70 75, Ross Kellett (Colville Park) 71 74.

146 David Booth (Rotherham) 74 72, Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 74 72, Andrew Wallace (Glenbervie) 75 71, Anthony Bews (Murcar Links) 73 73, Michael Campbell (Renfrew) 77 79.

147 David Law (Hazlehead) 75 72, Glenn Campbell (Blairgowrie) 69 78.

148 Allyn Dick (Kingsknowe) 72 76, Bobby Rushford (Grangemouth) 74 74, Michael Grunwell (Powfoot) 72 76, Graeme Gorrie (Glasgow) 75 73, Gordon Yates (Hilton Park) 73 75..

149 Ben Sloan (Cathkin Braes) 74 75, Ross Bell (Downfield) 73 76, Ross Crowe (Westerhope) 73 76, Liam McGowan (St Andrews New) 74 75, Paul Betty (Hayston) 77 72., Robert Jenkins (Crow Wood) 77 72.

150 Grant Forrest (Craigielaw) 77 73, John Wybar (Aberdeen University) 78 72, William Bremner (Edzell) 74 76, Colin Baird (Bothwell Castle) 71 79.

151 Stephen Rennie (Drumpellier) 73 78, Fraser Campell (Milngavie) 81 70, Sean McGarvey (Glencorse) 78 73, Kit Holmes (Hunstanton) 76 75.

152 Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire) 78 74.

153 Keith Hamilton (Ayr Belleisle) 75 78, Nicky Gold (Bonnyton) 74 79, Steven McEwan (Caprington) 78 75, Fraser McKenna (Balmore) 74 79.

154 Graham Robertson (Silverknowes) 75 79, David Simpson (Crieff) 75 79, John Laurie (Cowglen) 77 77, Ed Wood (Crow Wood) 75 79.

155 Mark Bookless (Sandyhills) 81 74, Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 75 80, Aaron Sweeney (Carnoustie) 76 79, James Whitelaw (Mouse Valley, USA) 74 81.

156 Chris Lawton (Falkirk Tryst) 84 72, David Addison (Kilmarnock Barassie) 73 83, Andrew Campbell (Dumbarton) 78 78, Chris Harkins (Ayr Belleisle) 81 75, Michael Daily (Erskine) 78 78, Michael Buchan (Cruden Bay) 74 82..

157 Jamie MacKay (Kilmarnock Barassie) 80 77.

158 Iain Galbraith (Murcar Links) 78 80, Patrick Spraggs (Stowmarket) 78 80.

159 James Hendrick (Pollok) 78 81.
160 Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh) 77 83, Ian Redford (St Andrews New) 79 81, Paul Shields (Kirkhill) 82 78..

161 Conor O'Neil (Pollok) 78 83.

162 Kristopher McClure (Clydebank & District) 79 83.

163 Clark Riddick (Southerness) 85 78.

168 David Gallagher (Glasgow) 82 86.

No Returns: Kevin Smyth (Windyhill) 77 NR, John Duff (Newmachar) 75 NR.

Marcus Fraser digs in at top of Ballantine's leaderboard

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Australia's Marcus Fraser carded a second round 70 to maintain a one shot lead at the Ballantine's Championship on a bright but windy third day at Pinx Golf Club, South Korea
After a bogey-free 65 on Thursday, Fraser dropped his only shot of the week at his penultimate hole today.
But three birdies lifted him to nine under par overall to leapfrog overnight clubhouse leaders Thongchai Jaidee and Tano Goya.
After enjoying a rare day off on Friday, Fraser began his second round in style with a birdie but then could only manage 12 consecutive pars as he missed four birdie chances from inside ten feet.
A lip out with five holes remaining looked to have summed up the 31 year old's day until back-to-back birdies were followed by his solitary bogey after failing to get up and down from a greenside bunker.
"I played very well but just didn't make a couple of putts at the start of the round, but made a couple of birdies at the end of the round," Fraser said.
"I felt like I played as good as I did on Thursday but it was just very tough conditions. It was just so gusty.
"It would drop and come back and it was difficult judging shots into the greens. But I managed to hit a lot of greens and made a few putts when I had to.
"It's a bit weird knowing it's only a 54-hole tournament but I will just give it my best shot and keep playing well and hope the outcome works in my favour."
After nearly seven hours' play was lost on Thursday and forced officials to cut the tournament to three rounds, defending champion Jaidee and Argentina's Goya played almost two rounds in equally testing wind on Friday.
Asian Number One Jaidee, 40, carded a superb second round 67, while last year's Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal winner Goya, 21, battled to a hard-fought round of 70 to lie eight under.
They were joined by Northern Ireland’s Gareth Maybin, who compiled a 68 to boost his chances of a maiden European Tour title. He has only dropped one shot so far - a bogey on the par five fourth hole in his second round today.
“Tee to green I have been pretty solid and when I have missed a green my short game has been pretty good,” said Maybin. “All in all looking forward to tomorrow really.”
Brett Rumford also completed a 70 on Friday and was joined at seven under overall by in-form South African Ernie Els and Korea's Ted Oh (70).
Three-time Major winner Els emphatically returned to the winners circle in style with victories at the World Golf Championships-CA Championship and Arnold Palmer Invitational this season and picked up a closing birdie for a 69.
Houston Open champion Anthony Kim, who finished third at the Masters Tournament, faces an uphill battle after carding three double bogeys in a 74 to slip seven shots off the pace.

EUROPEAN TOUR SCOREBOARD
Ballatine's Championship
South Korea
Reduce to Three Rounds because of bad weather
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
135 Marcus Fraser (Aus) 65 70.
136 Tano Goya (Arg) 66 70, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 69 67
137 Brett Rumford (Aus) 67 70, Ernie Els (Rsa) 68 69, Ted Oh (Kor) 67 70
138 Mardan Mamat (Sin) 68 70, Oliver Fisher 68 70
139 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 71 68, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 68 71, Rhys Davies 67 72, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 69 70, Johan Edfors (Swe) 68 71
140 Anthony Kang (USA) 71 69, Peter Hanson (Swe) 68 72, David Drysdale 72 68, Jamie Donaldson 68 72, Dae-hyun Kim (Kor) 68 72
141 Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 71 70, Ryuichi Oda (Jpn) 70 71
142 Anthony Kim (USA) 68 74, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 69 73, Alexander Noren (Swe) 70 72, Shane Lowry 70 72, Yih-shin Chan (Tpe) 70 72, Danny Willett 73 69, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 69 73, Kyung-Tae Kim (Kor) 71 71
143 Hyun-bin Park (Kor) 71 72, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 70 73, Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind) 68 75, Hyung-tae Kim (Jpn) 73 70, Mark Foster 66 77, Peter Lawrie 69 74, Graeme Storm 70 73
144 Richard Bland 71 73, Graeme McDowell 74 70, Ik-jae Jang (Pkr) 69 75, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 73 71, Mars Pucay (Phi) 73 71, Mark Purser (Nzl) 73 71, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 69 75, Tae hee Lee (Kor) 72 72, Stephen Gallacher 71 73, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 70 74, Seong Ho Lee (Kor) 71 73, Ross McGowan 71 73
145 Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 72 73, Joon-eob Son (Kor) 73 72, Hideto Tanihara (Jpn) 73 72, Jason Knutzon (USA) 74 71, Sung-hoon Kang (Kor) 73 72, Scott Barr (Aus) 72 73, Marcus Both (Aus) 71 74, In-woo Lee (Kor) 73 72, Sang-moon Bae (Kor) 73 72, Richard Finch 70 75, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 74 71, Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 69 76
MISSED THE CUT
146 David Howell 71 75, Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 72 74, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 71 75, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 73 73, Danny Lee (Nzl) 71 75, Marc Warren 72 74, Wook-Soon Kang (Kor) 75 71, Angelo Que (Phi) 71 75, James Kamte (Rsa) 74 72, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 72 74, Hyung-sung Kim (Kor) 71 75
147 David Gleeson (Aus) 74 73, In-Hoi Hur (Kor) 75 72, Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 70 77, Takao Nogami (Jpn) 76 71, Rikard Karlberg (Swe) 76 71, Kenichi Kuboya (Jpn) 73 74, Sung Lee (Kor) 74 73, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 68 79, Tetsuji Hiratsuka (Jpn) 72 75, C Muniyappa (Ind) 73 74, Markus Brier (Aut) 72 75, Pablo Martin (Spa) 70 77, Wen-hong Lin (Chn) 75 72, Paul McGinley 72 75
148 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha) 75 73, Damien McGrane 71 77, Oliver Wilson 75 73, Danny Chia (Mal) 71 77, Dae-Sub Kim (Kor) 76 72, Hyun-woo Ryu (Kor) 73 75
149 Anthony Wall 69 80, Do-hoon Kim (Pkr) 74 75, Soon-sang Hong (Kor) 75 74, Peter Whiteford 73 76, Alastair Forsyth 72 77.
150 Min-kyu Han (Kor) 73 77, Joong Kyung Mo (Kor) 71 79, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 74 76, Sam Little 72 78, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 77 73
151 Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 71 80, Andrew Tampion (Aus) 79 72, Do-Hoon Kim (Kor) 75 76, Unho Park (Aus) 76 75, Jae Hoon Jung (Kor) 79 72, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 76 75
152 Kwanchai Tannin (Hkg) 76 76, Marcel Siem (Ger) 79 73, Eun shin Park (Kor) 76 76, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 74 78, Chris Rodgers 73 79
153 Juvic Pagunsan (Phi) 73 80, Adam Blyth (Aus) 79 74
154 Won-Kyung Heo (Kor) 78 76, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 77 77, Iain Steel (Mal) 74 80, In-sik Choi (Kor) 75 79
155 Ben Leong (Mal) 75 80
156 Wen-Tang Lin (Tpe) 77 79, Keith Horne (Rsa) 79 77, Chih-bing Lam (Sin) 78 78, Jae-bum Park (Kor) 80 76
158 Himmat Rai (Ind) 82 76, Phillip Price 79 79
162 Anirban Lahiri (Ind) 77 85
163 John joon Kong (Kor) 81 82
164 Guo-wu Zhou (Chn) 81 83

US Nationwide Tour Scoreboard
SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
133 David Hearn 64 69
135 Jason Kokrak 68 67
137 Michael Putnam 69 68, Tag Ridings 68 69
138 Ewan Porter 67 71, Jhonathan Vegas 72 66
139 Ryan Armour 70 69, Gavin Coles 67 72, Bradley Iles 67 72, Bob May 68 71, Rob Oppenheim 69 70
140 Miguel Carballo 70 70, Barrett Jarosch 68 72, Brandt Jobe 70 70, William McGirt 70 70, Justin Peters 70 70, B.J. Staten 73 67
141 Scott Brown 70 71, Nick Flanagan 72 69, Ryan Hietala 69 72, Luke List 71 70, Bobby MacWhinnie 72 69, David Mathis 71 70, Alistair Presnell 71 70, Scott Stallings 68 73, Aaron Watkins 68 73
142 Marco Dawson 72 70, James Hahn 70 72, Chris Kirk 74 68, Jon Mills 70 72, Chris Nallen 71 71, Leif Olson 72 70, Kyle Stanley 72 70
143 Joe Affrunti 71 72, Matthew Borchert 73 70, Keegan Bradley 71 72, Jeff Brehaut 77 66, Robert Gates 72 71, Jonathan Kaye 73 70, Kevin Kisner 71 72, Doug LaBelle II 72 71, Bronson LaCassie 72 71, Ron Whittaker 74 69, Casey Wittenberg 71 72
144 Brad Adamonis 71 73, Mark Anderson 71 73, Adam Bland 72 72, Jonas Blixt 71 73, David Branshaw 74 70, Ted Brown 69 75, Gary Christian 73 71, Paul Claxton 73 71, Todd Demsey 69 75, Kelly Grunewald 71 73, Matt Hendrix 73 71, John Riegger 71 73, Tom Scherrer 73 71, Sonny Skinner 72 72, Darron Stiles 71 73
145 Craig Barlow 71 74, Mark Blakefield 71 74, Tom Byrum 72 73, Bubba Dickerson 73 72, Paul Gow 74 71, Colt Knost 70 75, Trevor Murphy 74 71, Patrick Nagle 74 71, Steve Pate 71 74, Rick Price 73 72, Kyle Reifers 74 71, Brian Smock 74 71, Andrew Svoboda 71 74
----------The following players failed to make the cut-----------------------
146 Kevin Chappell 72 74, Glen Day 74 72, Brad Elder 76 70, Justin Hicks 74 72, Won Joon Lee 71 75, Jamie Lovemark 71 75, Adam Meyer 73 73, Martin Piller 75 71, Stephen Poole 75 71, Ben Portie 74 72, Dave Schultz 75 71, Patrick Sheehan 73 73, Geoffrey Sisk 72 74, Julien Trudeau 71 75
147 Travis Bertoni 75 72, Andrew Buckle 71 76, John Douma 72 75, Jason Enloe 74 73, Robert Gamez 73 74, Hunter Haas 77 70, Ty Harris 74 73, Andrew Johnson 74 73, Troy Kelly 73 74, J.J. Killeen 71 76, Garrett Osborn 74 73, Dustin Risdon 71 76, Daniel Summerhays 74 73, Blake Trimble 71 76
148 Camilo Benedetti 75 73, D.J. Brigman 75 73, Michael Clark II 76 72, Keoke Cotner 72 76, Scott Dunlap 74 74, Tommy Gainey 74 74, Scott Gardiner 74 74, Brice Garnett 74 74, Fabian Gomez 77 71, John Kimbell 70 78, Zach Miller 74 74, Dicky Pride 73 75, Sal Spallone 76 72, Kyle Thompson 74 74, Esteban Toledo 75 73, Tjaart Van der Walt 74 74
149 Brian Bateman 76 73, Mark Brooks 75 74, Robert Damron 76 73, Jim Herman 71 78, Jesse Hutchins 75 74, Chris Mundorf 76 73, Gary Woodland 77 72
150 Jess Daley 71 79, Jim Gallagher, Jr. 75 75, Jason Gore 75 75, Thomas Hagler IV 77 73, Jeff Hull 75 75, Craig Kanada 75 75
151 Josh Broadaway 73 78, Matt Gallant 77 74, Bob Heintz 74 77, Frank Lickliter II 78 73, Len Mattiace 77 74, Jin Park 76 75, Andy Pope 80 71, Brady Schnell 77 74, Justin Smith 76 75, Diego Vanegas 72 79, Brian Vranesh 75 76
152 Bryan DeCorso 75 77, Scott Gutschewski 76 76, Stephen Leaney 76 76, Brendan Steele 75 77
153 Steve Alker 78 75, Dan Buchner 73 80, David McKenzie 78 75
154 Jay Delsing 76 78, Scott Sterling 78 76, Brendon Todd 80 74, Brent Witcher 73 81
155 Jeff Gallagher 77 78, Tim Weinhart 78 77
156 Richard Johnson 80 76
157 Brian Thompson 78 79
WD: Major Manning 76

Davis, Owen share overnight lead at TPC Louisiana

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
English duo Brian Davis and Greg Owen hold a share of the overnight lead at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans after play was suspended for the day due to lightning and heavy rain at TPC Louisiana.
Only 47 players had completed their second rounds on Friday when play was initially called to halt with a severe weather warning in effect.
Nearly four and a half hours later, play was called for the day after more than 2.5 inches of rain had fallen at the Avondale course near New Orleans, filling the majority of bunkers with water.
Play was set to resume on Saturday, weather permitting, with Davis and Owen having advanced to seven under par for the week alongside Germany's Alex Cejka, American veteran Lee Janzen and first-round leader Jason Bohn, who was yet to get his second round under way following an opening 65.
======================================
Links to more golf news
Ochoa confirms retirement
Harrington returns to Wentworth
Thongchai defies elements to top leaderboard
Swedes have the edge
======================================
Davis, runner-up last week to Jim Furyk at the Verizon Heritage having called a penalty on himself during a sudden death play-off, continued his good form with a six-under-par 66 at the 7,340-yard course in Avondale, near New Orleans.
After an opening round of 71 Davis went birdie, bogey, birdie, par, bogey to start his round on the back nine.
He then took four at the par-five 18th to start a 10-hole run that saw seven birdies for the 35-year-old Londoner, chasing his first win in the US and a first title since the 2004 ANZ Championship on the European Tour.
Owen had opened with a 67 and was bogey free in his second round when the hooter sounded with his score two under for the day.
Janzen had already carded a bogey-free 66 while Cejka's 67 was marred only by a bogey at the par-three 17th, his penultimate hole.
One shot back o
n the early second-round leaders and in the clubhouse was Australia's Greg Chalmers, who shot a 68 that included an eagle at the par-five 11th.

SECOND ROUND COMPLETED SCORES
Par 144 (2x72)
Note: Round 2 has been suspended due to darkness and will resume on Saturday at 7:30am local time
137 Brian Davis (Eng) 71 66, Lee Janzen 71 66, Alex Cejka (Ger) 70 67
138 Greg Chalmers (Aus) 70 68
139 Chris Riley 73 66
140 Michael Letzig 72 68, Kevin Stadler 70 70, K J Choi (Kor) 68 72, Andres Romero (Arg) 72 68, Boo Weekley 70 70, Garrett Willis 71 69, Kevin Sutherland 68 72
141 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 69 72, Charley Hoffman 73 68, Chad Collins 72 69, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 71 70
142 Daniel Chopra (Swe) 72 70, Justin Rose (Eng) 70 72, John Merrick 72 70, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 73 69, Roland Thatcher 73 69
143 John Daly 72 71
144 Ben Crane 70 74, Johnson Wagner 73 71, Stephen Ames (Can) 75 69
145 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 74 71, Ryan Palmer 73 72, Woody Austin 72 73, Fred Funk 71 74, Cliff Kresge 74 71
146 J J Henry 72 74, Omar Uresti 77 69, James Driscoll 74 72
147 Jay Williamson 73 74, Mark Wilson 77 70
148 Brett Quigley 75 73, Mike Weir (Can) 76 72
149 Chris Smith 78 71
150 Paul Stankowski 77 73, Todd Hamilton 77 73, Matt Bettencourt 77 73, Chez Reavie 76 74
151 Paul Goydos 75 76
152 Steve Marino 77 75
153 Rocco Mediate 76 77
154 Scott Verplank 77 77
155 Webb Simpson 80 75