AMERICANS DOMINATE JONES CUP INVITATIONAL AT HALFWAY

United States Walker Cup team candidates Bud Cauley and Jordan Spieth shared the halfway lead at one-under-par 143 after the second round of the Jones Invitational Cup elite men's amateur tournament at Ocean Forest Golf club on Sea Island, Georgia.
Over a man-sized course of 7,321yd with a par of 72, Cauley has scored 73-70, Spieth the same.
They are one shot ahead of another American, Patrick Rodgers (73-71 for 144).
The leading British or Irish player is England's Eddie Pepperell in joint 12th position with scores of 76 and 73 for 149.
He is the only one in the top 30.
LEADERBOARD
Par 144 (2x72). Yardage 7321.
Players from US unless stated
143 Bud Cauley 73 70, Jordan Spieth 73 70.
144 Patrick Rodgers 73 71.
Selected scores
149 Eddie Pepperell (England) 76 73 (T12).
152 Oliver Farr (Wales) 78 74 (T31).
153 Kevin Phelan (Ireland) 82 71 (T34).
155 Rhys Enoch (Wales) 81 74 (T48).
157 Rhys Pugh (Wales) 83 74 (T62).
158 AndrewCooley (England) 83 75 (T69.
160 Alastair Jones (Wales) 83 77 (T82).
Field of 89 players (1 withdrawal).

MALCOLM MACLEMAN WINS NORTH ALLIANCE AT KINLOSS

Malcolm Macleman (Moray), despite a triple bogey 6 at the first hole (the 10th he played), recorded a one-stroke victory with a round of  one-under-par 67 in today’s North Scottish Golfers’ Alliance fixture at Kinloss.
The course was played, starting at the 10th. Birdies at the 10th, 13th, sixth, eighth and ninth against that triple bogey 6 at the first and one bogey, at the 11th, made up Macleman's score.
Stewart Wilson (Inverness) finished on 68 with three birdies – 13th, second and eighth with bogeys at the 10th, 17th and ninth. This was good enough to win Section 1 handicap by three shots with a net 65 off three.
Andrew Hutchison (Torvean) and Bill Johnston (Moray) tied for first in Section two.
The last hole in one in the North Scottish Golfers’ Alliance occurred on October 1, 2005 at Grantown's 16th. Today Raymond Mackie from Rothes aced the fifth hole (149yds) using a seven-iron. He was partnered by Paul Masson (Rothes) and Jake England (Moray).
Leading Scratch Scores:
67 M L Macleman (Moray).
68 S Wilson (Inverness).
71 B Cruickshank (Garmouth and Kingston).
72 J S D Campbell (Grantown), R Harrower (Boat of Garten) p.

73 J A Grant (Grantown), J. Simpson (Forres).

74 D F Sharp (Boat of Garten), R McKerron (Forres), A Hutchison (Torvean), R. Mackay (Fortrose and Rosemarkie)

75 K Thomson (Moray), W B Johnston (Moray), D Hexley (Inverness), A J England (Moray), A. Thomson (Moray) p.

76 S Mitchell (Moray), G. Mackenzie (Hopeman), D R Mackellar (Grantown), J. Wright (Forres).

77 N. McWilliam (Elgin), I. Findlay (Grantown), G. Hay (Grantown), J.D. Forbes (Inverness), D. Stewart (Grantown) p, J.A.G. Innes (Elgin), R. Proctor (Forres), W.R. Duncan (Moray), A. Cowie (Moray).

78 I. Macaulay ( Elgin ), J.C. Milne (Moray), A. Imrie (Muir of Ord).

79 L. MacBean (Boat of Garten), D. Hector (Elgin), W. Rusk (Torvean), P. Masson (Rothes), A. Jackson (Rothes), R. Younie (Rothes).
HANDICAP
Section One (7 and under)
65 S Wilson (Inverness) (3).
68 D F Sharp (Boat of Garten) (6).
69 D.R MacKellar (Grantown) (7).

70 R. Mackay (Fortrose and Rosemarkie) (4), A J England (Moray) (5).
Section two (8 to 14)
66 W.B. Johnston (Moray) (9), A. Hutchison (Torvean) (8).
67 A. Jackson (Rothes) (12).
68 D. Macleod (Loch Ness) (13), A Cowie (Moray) (9).

MICKELSON FOUR SHOTS BEHIND LEADER GAINEY AT HALFWAY

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SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (AP) — Phil Mickelson was locked in concentration over a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-3 16th, the some 20,000 onlookers mostly quiet on the amphitheatre hole except a fan who screamed "Tiger would make it!"
Playing partner Bill Haas heard it, but Mickelson (pictured) was oblivious to the slight, perfectly striking the putt that drew a thunderous cheer when it dropped in.
"It's Saturday of the Phoenix Open. It's always fun," Mickelson said. "There's a lot of people out here. I don't think there's a shot I wanted to make more, other than a major championship, than that putt on 16. I wanted to make that so bad.
"To see that go in with the crowd right there was a great feeling."
The birdie and another on the short par-4 17th helped Mickelson close within four strokes of leader Tommy Gainey halfway through the frost-delayed tournament.
"There's a lot of golf left," Mickelson said. "Even though it's Saturday - it feels like it's the third round - but we've only played two, so we're halfway through and to be within a few shots, it's where everybody is trying to get to."
The former Arizona State star, the 1996 and 2005 winner at TPC Scottsdale, birdied six of the last 11 holes for a 6-under 65. He was 10 under for two rounds in the tournament that will end Monday because of long delays Thursday and Friday.
Gainey played nine holes Saturday, finishing off a 65 after shooting a career-best 63 on Friday. He missed the cut in his first three events of the year.
"My ball-striking is really good," Gainey said. "I hit a couple bad shots today, but they wasn't bad enough to get in any trouble. I always think that's a good thing, because as we all know, golf is a game of misses, so my misses today were pretty good."
Mark Wilson was 13 under, completing a 64 on Saturday.
"Everything just flowed good today," Wilson said. "I felt very calm."
Haas was 12 under after his second 65. He lost a playoff two weeks ago in the Bob Hope Classic, then tied for ninth at Torrey Pines after fading in the final round.
"I really felt good going into Sunday last week and shot 75, so I'd argue that I'm not 100 percent sharp, just had some good finishes," Haas said. "But to come out after doing that and shoot a pair of 65s feels pretty good."
Chris Couch (65) was 11 under.
Rickie Fowler - dressed head to toe in bright green as part of title sponsor Waste Management's "GreenOut" - had a 62 to join Mickelson at 10 under.
Fowler tied the course back-nine record with a 7-under 29. He eagled the par-5 13th, holing an 8-footer after a 329-yard drive and 220-yard, 5-iron approach, and birdied the 16th after nearly making a hole-in-one.
"I saw some of the scoreboards and knew that I was around the cut line early on and basically had to step on the gas and get going," said Fowler, second last year behind Hunter Mahan. "I love this tournament."
The third round started late in the afternoon and only 48 of the 74 players who made the cut teed off before play was suspended because of darkness. They will play until dark again Sunday, then finish Monday morning.
Mickelson, second last week in San Diego, needs a solo third-place finish or better to move past Tiger Woods for No. 3 in the world. If Lefty gets it done, it would be the first time since the week before the 1997 Masters that he has been ranked ahead of Woods.
"I really want to try to come out on top here," Mickelson said. "I've won twice here in the past, and it was very special.
"I spent 12 great years here and went to college here, and my wife and I met here. We lived here for a number of years and had our first two children here. This is a special place. I love coming back. I love the way people treat us."
The crowd was estimated at 131,627, up from 121,221 on Saturday last year. In colder weather, the attendance was 38,323 Thursday and 74,723 Friday.
Jarrod Lyle had a hole-in-one on No. 16 in the second round. The husky Australian, 5 under overall early in the third round, used an 8-iron on the 150-yard hole.
"That's my first hole-in-one as a professional," he said. "Of all the holes to have a hole-in-one in the world, this is probably the best one that you can think of.
"I probably carried on down there, but it's just one of those things where the crowd spurs you on a little bit and I was trying to spur the crowd on a little bit, too, to make it as loud as possible. It was just an incredible feeling."
Brendan Steele aced the 174-yard 12th with a 7-iron in the second round. He was 5 under early in the third round.
Because of frost and frozen greens, about 7 1/2 hours of anticipated playing time was lost Thursday and Friday - after the pro-am was wiped out Wednesday.
SECOND ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 142 (2x71)
Players from US unless stated otherwise
128 Tommy Ganes 63 65.
129 Mark Wilson 65 64.
130 Bill Haas 65 65.
131 Chris Couch 66 65.
132 Rickie Fowler 70 62, Phil Mickelson 67 65.
133 Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 67 66, Jason Duffner 65 68 Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 65 68, Jonathan Byrd 68 65.
Selected scores
138 Brian Davis (England) 70 68 (T50).
139 Martin Laird (Scotland) 68 71 (T57).
MISSED THE CUT (139 or better qualified)
140 Jhonattan Vegas (Venezuela) 70 70.
146 Michael Sim (Scotland/Australia) 72 74.

IAN BROTHERSTON'S LEAD CUT TO 3 SHOTS IN SPANISH SENIORS

Ian Brotherston has seen his big first-round lead cut to three strokes in the second round of the 54-hole Spanish international senior men's amateur championship at Hacienda Riquelme Golf Resort in the Murcia province of south-east Spain today.

The Dumfries and County GC member, pictured, has had rounds of 70 and 77 for a three-over-par tally of 147.

His closest challenger is Spaniard Angel Macias Romero on 150 with scores of 77 and 73.

LEADERBOARD

Par 144 (2x72)

147 Ian Brotherston (Scotland) 70 77.

150 Angel Macias Romero (Spain) 77 73.

151 Trevor Gray (England) 79 72.

152 Carlos Saldaya Martinez (Spain) 80 72, Glyn Rees (Wales?) 78 74

154 Per Hildebrand (Sweden) 77 77, Adrian Morrow (Ireland) 76 78.
155 Tomas Persson (Sweden) 79 76, Keith Bruce (Scotland) 79 76, Francesco Queipo de Llano (Spain) 78 77, Basil Griffiths (Wales0 77 78, Bradey Hendren (US) 76 79.

CUT FOR FINAL ROUND AT 166 (IN), 167 and over (OUT)

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NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE R AND A
Phoenix, Arizona: The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced its support of the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) at its Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. The R and A and USGA are excited to engage in a partnership that promotes the Ranking as a global standard in amateur golf.
Starting this season, the USGA will use the World Amateur Golf Ranking as one of its exemption categories for its men’s amateur championships. Beginning in 2012, the USGA anticipates using the new Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking as one means of gaining entry into its women’s amateur championships. The WAGR is already used as the entry standard for numerous championships around the world, including the (British) Amateur Championship and European Amateur Championship.
Earlier this week, The R and A announced the introduction of the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking. It complements an already well established men's ranking, which encompasses more than 1,800 counting events and ranks more than 5,000 players representing 70 countries worldwide. The launch of the women’s ranking follows an extensive period of testing by The R&A and will provide the women’s game with a way to compare amateur player performance in elite competition over a rolling 52-week period.
The women’s ranking currently has a calendar of 1,350 counting events with more than 3,100 ranked players from 50 countries.
A new World Amateur Golf Ranking website will be launched later this month under authority of both partner organisations. While the physical operation of the WAGR will remain in St Andrews, The R and A and the USGA will jointly exercise committee oversight of WAGR system administration.
The Ranking has become a weekly point of reference for players, championship organisers and golf fans alike and is supported by governing bodies and tournament administrators worldwide.
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Note from Colin Farquharson.

The inaugural Moroccan international amateur championships from October 18 to 21 over The Ocean Course, pictured right, at Agadir - featuring 72-hole men's and women's individual tournaments for low-handicap players - will be recognised as counting for men's and women's World Rankings.
The Moroccan international amateur championships will also include 54-hole individual tournaments at Golf du Soleil, Agadir for senior men (over 55 years) and senior women (over 50 years) but there is no indication of Senior WAGR on the horizon yet! The prize vouchers will be exactly the same in the senior championships as they are in the 72-hole men's and women's championships.
A third Agadir venue - The Dunes - at the Moroccan championships will provide an opportunity to players whose handicaps are not low enough to make them eligible to enter the aforementioned championships to play a 54-hole Stableford tournament.
All the details, including how to enter, are available on the Menara Travel website: http://www.morocco4golf.com/
E-mail Colin@scottishgolfview.com if you have any queries.

+The Moroccan international amateur championships are not to be confused with another event, the 2nd Morocco Golf Festival, being held over five courses at Marrakech, the previous week - October 8 to 15. Details of that are available by clocking on the appropriate wording at the top of the left hand column on the Home Page of this website. 
Colin Farquharson is Tournament Director of both events.
There is, of course, nothing to stop anyone or any group playing in the Marrakech event and then making the short trip to the seaside and Agadir, for the following week's attractions.
Play golf in Africa for a week (or two) - Brag about it for a year!

IAN BROTHERSTON GOES SIX SHOTS CLEAR IN SPANISH SENIORS

Ian Brotherston (Dumfries and County GC) jumped into a commanding six-stroke lead with a brilliant round of two-under-par 70 in the first round of the Spanish international senior men's amateur championship at Hacienda Riquelme Golf Resort in the Murcia province of south-east Spain.
Brotherson was the only player to master the conditions and leads by shots from Ireland's Adrian Morrow and American Brady Hendren on the 76 mark.
FIRST-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 72
70 Ian Brotherston (Scotland).
76 Adrian Morrow (Ireland), Brady Hendren (US).
77 Per Hildebrand (Sweden), Angel Macias Romero (Spain), Basil Griffiths (Wales).
Selected scores:
78 Bob Edgar (Scotland) (T7).
79 Keith Bruce (Scotland), David Lane (England) (T13).
80 James Johnston (Scotland) (T19).
81 John Johnston (Scotland), Alistair Fiddes (Scotland) (T31).

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SIDDIKUR LEADS BY NINE IN BANGLADESH MASTERS

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ASIAN TOURDhaka, February 5: Siddikur of Bangladesh made a dash towards the finishing line after posting a three-under-par 69 in the third round of the Grameenphone Bangladesh Masters on Saturday.
Siddikur produced his highest score of the week but his three-day total of 16-under-par 200 was still nine strokes better than compatriot Md. Milon Ahmed who closed with a 68 at the Kurmitola Golf Club.
Flamboyant Japanese prospect Yosuke Tsukada closed with a 69 to lie in third place on a 210 total while Md. Liton Howlader of Bangladesh was a stroke back in fourth place in the US$75,000 Asian Development Tour event.
Javed Inayat, a former ball boy from the Karachi Golf Club in Pakistan, fired the tournament’s first hole-in-one which he sank with a six-iron on the 177-yard sixth hole. He returned with a 67 for a 214 total to lie in tied seventh place.
Siddikur mixed his card with eight birdies against five bogeys and despite his distant lead, he said there are kinks in his game which has to be straightened out.
“I had only five pars because I couldn’t make many up-and-downs. I need to work on my short game which was a letdown,” he said.
Siddikur attributed his vast lead to his experience of playing and winning on the Asian Tour. “Playing on the Asian Tour definitely shaped my golf game and how I approach tournaments. The experience has certainly prepared me to face the challenges in competitive tournaments,” he added.
Tsukada, who has the funkiest hairstyle this week, continued his consistent run as he returned with a bogey-free round highlighted by three birdies.
“The people here are so nice and I feel at home. I was just trying to make pars. The golf course is tight and tricky so you have to keep hitting fairways. I’m en jo ying the challenge here and I believe it will give me more experience,” said the 25-year-old, who finished outside the top-40 of the Asian Tour Qualifying School Final Stage in Thailand last month.
Pakistani Inayat was beaming with confidence after his ace which led to further birdies on holes seven, 11 and 15. He was also greeted with hugs by compatriots Danyaal Jehangir and Aadil Jehangir at the clubhouse after they knew of his feat.
“I was standing on the tee box and was thinking of using a six or seven iron. I opted for a seven iron and it landed about two club lengths from the hole and rolled in. I didn’t even know I shot a hole-in-one until my caddy and flight mates started shouting,” said the 43-year-old.
After shooting his first hole-in-one in a competitive tournament, he is now eyeing a good finish to help fund for future Asian Development Tour events.
“I played in the first stage of the Asian Tour Qualifying School but didn’t make it into the Final Stage. If I get more sponsors, I will play in all the Asian Development Tour events this year and try to finish in the top-three of the Order of Merit. Even if I can get a good result here, I’ll be able to fund for my next event,” he added.
The Grameenphone Bangladesh Masters is the curtain raiser for the 2011 Asian Development Tour. The top three players on the Order of Merit at the end of the season will earn their Asian Tour cards for 2012.
THIRD-ROUND LEADING TOTALS
200 Siddikur (BAN) 66-65-69
209 Milon AHMED (BAN) 72-69-68
210 Yosuke TSUKADA (JPN) 70-71-69
211 Liton HOWLADER (BAN) 69-71 -71
212 Ross CANAVAN (ENG) 71-72-69, Hirotaro NAITO (JPN) 70-70-72
214 Javed INAYAT (PAK) 73-74-67,  Sayum MIAH (BAN) 70-72-72,  Zamal Hossain MOLLAH (BAN) 72-68-74
215 A. MOTIN (BAN) 68-71-76
216 Jakiruzzaman (A) (BAN) 71-75-70, Kenichi SAWADA (JPN) 74-71-71
217 Masaki SAKATA (JPN) 76-69-72, Bryan SALTUS ( USA ) 71-72-74
218 Jibon ALI (BAN) 75-73-70, Lindsay RENOLDS (CAN) 72-75-71, Justin BRINK (IRL) 71-72-75
219  Neil REILLY (ENG) 72-73-74, Takafumi KAWANE (JPN) 73-71-75,  Rezaul KARIM (BAN) 74-70 -75

THOMAS BJORN LEADS AFTER QATAR MASTERS THIRD ROUND

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE

Thomas Bjorn turned on the style to grab the 54-hole lead at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy in Doha.

The former Ryder Cup star, who last October was one of Colin Montgomerie's vice-captains at The Celtic Manor Resort, birdied four of the last five holes to charge from one behind Austrian Markus Brier to one in front.

Bjorn, 40 in less than a fortnight, added a bogey-free 66 to his second round 65 and will resume the chase for the Euros 303,113 first prize on 11 under par 205.

Brier, the World No. 478, was left to rue bogey 6s on both the ninth and 18th as he handed in a 69 for 206.

First his approach flew over the green, then he was twice in the dense rough right of the final fairway and had to lay up short of the water with his third shot.

Defending champion Robert Karlsson remains a threat three strokes behind Bjorn in third spot, outdoing even the leader with five birdies in his last seven holes for a 69.

"When you finish a round with four birdies in the last five, you have to walk off very happy,"said Bjorn, who won last year's Estoril Open de Portugal.
"I played fantastic yesterday to shoot that 65 and felt comfortable this morning, and felt good with the way my golf is. I'm feeling quite comfortable on the golf course considering it's been a while since I've been in that kind of situation, so I'm pleased with the way the day panned out."
The ten-time European Tour winner started his run with a curling 18 footer at the 14th and finished with three more birdies, pitching over the lake to within three feet of the flag on the last.
Brier, who did not have a single top-20 finish on The European Tour last year and survived Qualifying School with nothing to spare in November, is playing on a sponsor's invitation and could yet reignite his career in dramatic fashion.
He had birdied the fourth and sixth before his slip at the ninth and picked up more strokes on the 11th, 12th and 16th thanks to a 25ft putt.
"Obviously when you bogey the last, it's never nice," admitted Brier. "But I just had a really bad shot and deserved the bad lie there, so I had no chance going for three. It happens, and the rest was good.
"I made a few crunch putts at the end, especially 16, 17 was good. I got a bit lazy with my shots at the end, but I managed to keep my score good, and just one shot back is nothing."
South African Thomas Aiken is in fourth place on seven under, four behind, and one further back come 2009 winner Alvaro Quiros and England's Richard Finch.

SCOTSWATCH
Steven O'Hara (69 for 211) and Paul Lawrie (71 for 211) are lying joint seventh with 18 holes to go, six shots off the pace - perhaps too many to win on Sunday but with a high-enough platform to achieve a top three or four finish.
O'Hara covered the last 13 holes in a bogey-free, four under par with birdies at the sixth, 10th, 11th and 12th.
Lawrie covered the last six in two under par with birdies at the 13th and 16th.
Paul writes on his Tour Blog:
"It was a bit of a frustrating day but not bad. I finished with a 71 to be -5 for the tournament. The weather forecast says they'll be a lot of wind tomorrow so anything can still happen. I hit lots of greens but just couldn't get them close enough." THIRD-ROUND LEADERBOARD

Par 216 (3x72)
205 Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 74 65 66.
206 Markus Brier (Austria) 71 66 69.
208 Robert Karlsson (Sweden) 70 69 69.
209 Thomas Aiken (S Africa) 71 69 69.
210 Alvaro Quiros (Spain) 75 69 66, Richard Finch (England) 70 69 71.
211 Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spain) 77 68 66, Steven O'Hara (Scotland) 73 69 69, Louis Oosthuizen (S Africa) 73 69 66, Paul Lawrie (Scotland) 74 66 71.

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OTHER SCOIS' COMPLETED THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
214 Stephen Gallacher 72 73 69, David Drysdale 71 71 72 (T19)
217 Peter Whiteford 75 70 72 (T47)219 Andrew Coltart 74 72 73, Richie Ramsay 75 70 74 (T61).

HAWAII NIGHTMARE FINISH FOR JAMES BYRNE

James Byrne had a nightmare round of eight over par 80 to round off his first US college circuit tournament of the year - the Amer Ari Invitational over the Waikoloa Kings Course on Hawaii.

The Arizona State University final-year student from Banchory had earlier had rounds of 74 and 70 over the 7074yd, par-72 course.

In his first round, the World's No 18 amateur had one double bogey. In his second round he had one triple bogey.
In his final round, Byrne chalked up one triple bogey and three double bogeys.
Starting at the sixth hole, he double bogeyed the sixth, triple-bogeyed the short seventh, bogeyed the ninth, birdied the short 11th, double-bogeyed the 13th, birdied the second and double-bogeyed the long fourth. His halves were 43-37.
Three players tied at the top on 13-under-par 203 - Daniel Miernicki (Oregon) (62-69-72), Patrick Cantlay (UCLA) (74-64-65) and Bobby Hudson (Texas) (69-67-67).
Miernicki won the three-man play-off at the seventh extra hole. He is not a candidate for a place in the US Walker Cup team for Royal Aberdeen in September (he will be, if he keeps this up), being ranked No 91 in the Golfweek/Sagarin college ratings.

The trio had finished a shot ahead of Tyler Weworski (Texas Tech) (70-65-69) with Kevin Tway (Oklahoma State) third on 205 (67-66-72).

Oklahoma State (830) won the team title ahead of Texas (835) with UCLA (836) third and Georgia Tech (844) fourth. Arizona State tied for seventh place in the field of 20 teams with a total of 850.

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FROSTY PHOENIX OPEN WILL NOT FINISH UNTIL MONDAY NOW

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SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (AP) — At the frosty Phoenix Open, it was fitting that a guy called "Tommy Two Gloves" had a share of the lead.
Not that Tommy Gainey thinks the extra glove really helps in cold conditions.
"I don't necessarily think it's an advantage when it's real cold, and I'll tell you why, because when the temperature started dropping, I mean, my hands, even though I had the gloves on, they were still freezing," Gainey said.
"I didn't have much feel in my hands at that time. Wearing a glove or not, it's still freezing, and your hands are feeling kind of numb. And that's the way my hands were feeling, kind of numb."
Gainey and Mark Wilson reached 11 under Friday before second-round play was suspended because of darkness in the frost-delayed tournament that will now finish on Monday.
Wilson played 14 holes in the second round, and Gainey finished nine.
Frost delayed play until just after 11 a.m. - 94 minutes after the scheduled start that was already nearly two hours later than normal. Only half the field finished the first round Thursday after a four-hour morning delay.
The delays - costing a total of 7hr 24 min of playing time - pushed more than half of the second round to Saturday. In announcing the Monday finish, US PGA Tour officials said the cut will remain at the top 70 and ties.
"In a perfect world, probably finish Monday, maybe four or five holes, best-case scenario," said Slugger White, the US PGA Tour's vice president of rules. "So much depends on tomorrow morning and Sunday morning. It's unbelievable how frozen these greens get and they just don't thaw out."
On the sunny day, the temperature was 42 when play started, reached 52 and was 48 when play was suspended a little after 6 p.m. If the players started a hole before the suspension, they had the option of finishing it.
Only six players finished the second round and 64 - the entire early wave from the first round - didn't get on the course Friday.
The temperature was expected to fall into the mid 30s overnight, cold enough to force another frost delay. It is supposed to be warmer the next three days, with highs of 65 Saturday, 68 Sunday and 73 Monday.
Gainey, a two-time winner last year on the Nationwide Tour, birdied six of the final eight holes to take the first-round lead at 8-under 63, then had four birdies and a bogey on the first nine holes in the second round.
The 63 was his lowest score on the US PGA Tour after missing the cut in his first three events this season. The round also was his first in the 60s this year.
"I've played absolutely terrible," Gainey said. "Right now, I'm starting to hit the ball like I'm supposed to. I'm starting to score. Putts are dropping. Once the putts start falling, you can shoot an unbelievable low number. It just so happens that I'm making putts right now and I'm tied for the lead."
Wilson opened with a 65 and was 5 under for 14 holes in the second round. He won the Sony Open in Hawaii last month in a 36-hole Sunday finish for his third tour title.
"We're just going to ride this train as long as I can," he said.
Geoff Ogilvy was third at 9 under with two holes left. He's making his first start of the year after gouging his right index finger on a coral reef in Hawaii before the Tournament of Champions. He needed 12 stitches to repair the cut.
Phil Mickelson, on the leaderboard Thursday after a 67, didn't start the second round.
The weather has hurt attendance, with an estimated 74,723 fans attending Friday - down from 101,709 last year. Only 38,323 showed up Thursday, down from 69,475 in 2010.
Admission will be free Monday.

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