RBC HERITAGE REPORT AND LINK TO SCORES

• K J CHOI LEADS BEFORE HEAVY 

  
  

  RAIN STOPS PLAY FOR THE DAY 

  
  

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   Scores | Tee times | Wrap-up | Projected FedExCup
  HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina -- K J Choi took advantage of an early tee time Friday at Harbour Town, making six birdies en route to a 67 and a one-shot lead at 5 under before heavy rain forced play to be suspended for the day at the RBC Heritage tournament.
  Australian Robert Allenby is a shot back, though he only got in five holes before the horn sounded.
  “I'll just pick it back up (Saturday) and hopefully I can just keep going the way I'm going,” Allenby said. “I feel like I'm playing well and hitting the ball well and making a few putts here and there.”
  Despite making just five of 14 cuts this season, Allenby had it going Friday with birdies on each of his first two holes.
  For the week, the Aussie has hit 18 of 23 greens and taken just 36 putts through his first 23 holes.
  Five others, including former world No. 1 Luke Donald, are tied for third at 3 under. Of that group, only three of them completed the second round.
  Donald was one of them.
  “It's nice to get that good draw sometimes,” said Donald, who had a 69. “Usually it evens itself out over the course of a year. But it looks like I'm on the right side of the draw this week.”
  Only half the field completed the second round and play is scheduled to resume at 8 a.m. ET on Saturday. Rain, however, is expected to continue throughout the night and well into the next day.
  Eight other players, meanwhile, are currently 2 under, including defending champion Graeme McDowell, who opened with a 71 and was 2 under through his first six holes Friday.
  
  
  

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  WATSON’S SCOUTING REPORT: Tom Watson’s hopes of making the cut faded quickly Friday with two bogeys in his first five holes. He made a few birdies along the way, too, however, and shot a very respectable 2-over 73.
  Then again, Watson is arguably the greatest bad weather player of all-time, so maybe that shouldn’t come as a surprise, even at 64 years old.
  “My game was pretty sporadic, but I made a few birdies out there,” said Watson, who was in red figures on the par-3 17th and fourth holes as well as the par-5 second. “I can't complain.
  “I still couldn't handle 18 into the wind today. That was a tough hole for old folks.”
  His real purpose this week, however, was to familiarize himself with the game’s youth since some of the game’s rising young stars will be on his Ryder Cup team this fall.
  Watson played his first two rounds alongside Jordan Spieth, who entered the week fourth in the Ryder Cup standings and figures to be a lock for the roster. He came away impressed with the 20-year-old.
  “I saw a mature young man playing golf,” Watson said of Spieth. “I watched his swing up close to see how he maneuvered the ball and how he chipped the ball and how he putted the ball.”
  The Ryder Cup captain also played nine holes in a practice round with Patrick Reed, who is fifth in the standings and is all but a lock for the team this September at Gleneagles as well.
  Said Watson: “He's got a solid golf game, solid fundamentals, also.”
  This figures to be one of many scouting trips for Watson, and he’ll need them. Four players currently in the top 10 of the standings have no Ryder Cup experience, while another six ranked 11 through 20 have also never played in the matches.
  
  
  

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  HAAS STREAK COMES TO END: A wrist injury forced Bill Haas to withdraw from the RBC Heritage prior to the start of his second round on Friday.
  It marked the first time in 251 career starts on the PGA TOUR that Haas has pulled out of an event.
  The 2011 FedExCup champion was 1 over following a 72 in the opening round.
  

  
  

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