Thunderstorms have stopped play during the second round of the St. Jude Classic with Brian Gay holding the clubhouse lead after a 4-under 66. Play was halted and fans and players were cleared from the TPC Southwind course when the horn sounded 10 minutes before thunder could be heard on Friday. Gay was at 10-under 130 through 36 holes, two strokes ahead of Robert Allenby and Bryce Molder (63), with Allenby having three holes to play in the second round. Phil Mickelson was at 4 under with his tee shot marked in the 16th fairway when play stopped. This is his first event since announcing his wife has breast cancer. John Daly was at the projected cut line after a 2-under 68 left him at even par in his first US PGA Tour event since finishing a six-month suspension. Gay, the overnight leader after his six-under 64 first round, continued his impressive showing with a string of five birdies from the opening eight holes. Although he ended with bogeys on the par four 17th and 18th, somewhat taking the edge of his performance, Gay still had a two shot lead over compatriot Molder. Woody Austain and Guy Boros were both tied for third after shooting 66 on Friday to stand seven-under overall. Fourth-ranked Sergio Garcia will almost certainly not make the cut after he shot three over par - with a double-bogey on the 17th hole (his 8th) to follow his even-par on Thursday. With the projected cut set at evens, Swede Henrik Stenson, the winner of the Players Championship in May, will miss out after another poor round, five over-par, left him eight over for the two rounds. Nordqvist charges into lead In Maryland, Swedish rookie Anna Nordqvist charged into a three-stroke lead late in the second round of the LPGA Championship on Friday. Nordqvist, one shot off the pace after a superb opening round of six-under-par 66, birdied three of her first eight holes after starting on the 10th on a sunny day that began to dry out soggy Bulle Rock golf course. The tall Swede, playing her first major championship as a professional, moved up as first-round leader Nicole Castrale slipped back. Castrale, also starting at the 10th, took a double-bogey at the par-three 12th and a bogey at 14 before a pair of birdies pulled her up to six-under for the tourney through 10 holes. Nordqvist, who turned 22 on the eve of the championship, topped a leaderboard with a decidedly international flavour. Australians Katherine Hull and Lindsey Wright were in the clubhouse at six-under-par 138 after posting scores of 69 and 68, respectively. South Korean Choi Na-yeon also reached six-under, standing two under par for the day through 11 holes. Another stroke back at five-under were South Koreans Bae Kyeong (through 8) and Amy Yang (4). “The golf course has dried out a little, not a whole lot,” Hull said about the 6,641-yard layout that had been softened by heavy rain. “It's still not getting roll off the tee but the greens are still pretty receptive which is nice.” The Australians both took advantage of accurate iron play to set up short birdie putts. Wright's 68 was low round of the day, ignited by birdies on three of the first four holes. She had seven birdies, including three from inside five feet, and one bogey. World number one Lorena Ochoa of Mexico matched Hull's 69 to move into striking distance with a three
