Digest/US Tour: Spain's Sergio Garcia carded a one-under-par 71 to take the second-round clubhouse lead at the Wachovia championship in Charlotte, North Carolina yesterday, two strokes clear of world number two Vijay Singh.
Garcia, the first-round leader, mixed three birdies with a pair of bogeys at the Quail Hollow Golf Club to move to seven-under 137 through 36 holes and maintain his two-shot advantage.
Singh made a flawless start to go to four under through 12 holes but the smooth-swinging Fijian stumbled slightly over the closing stretch, mixing a pair of bogeys with a birdie for a three-under 69.
World number one Tiger Woods, back in action for the first time since winning the US Masters, battled through another rollercoaster round as he mixed five birdies with five bogeys to leave him level par on the day and just five shots off the lead at two-under 142.
Phil Mickelson, also playing for the first time since Augusta, has yet to find his best form, carding a one-over 73 to sit seven shots adrift back on 144.
Challenge Tour: David Higgins and Colm Moriarty are the only surviving Irishmen at the halfway stage of the European Challenge Tour's Wales Challenge at Vale Golf Resort.
Waterville's Higgins, the current Challenge Tour number one, posted a second-round level par 73 to lie nine shots behind Spain's Carl Suneson, while Moriarty shot an 80 to just make the six-over-par cut mark.
Suneson leads by three from Ian Pyman with Denmark's John Davies a shot further back.
Noel Fox, Tim Rice and Danny Sugrue all found the going tough in the windy conditions. Fox took 81 for a 154 total, Rice 84 for 156 and Sugrue an 87 for 165 - the same mark as Justin Kehoe.
LPGA Tour: Officials took the unusual decision to wipe out the whole day's play after the second round of the Michelob ULTRA Open was hit by storms at the Kingsmill Resort in Virginia.
Some players had got through 12 holes when play was first halted and then completely abandoned for the day. The intention is to restart the second round today and then play 36 holes on Sunday.
"The tees and fairways were completely flooded and the golf course was completely unplayable," said LPGA tournament director Jim Haley.
