SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Slugger White only had to look at the temperature gauge in his car to know that a Monday finish was inevitable in the Phoenix Open.

“It’s been in the 20s, 25 every morning in my car,” said White, the PGA Tour’s vice president of rules.

Because of frost and frozen greens, 7 hours, 24 minutes of anticipated playing time has been lost Thursday and Friday — after the pro-am and all course activity were wiped out Wednesday at TPC Scottsdale.

“Someone made the comment, `When can you ever remember’ — and I can’t — ‘did we ever have a Monday finish with no precipitation?’” White said. “I mean, for us to get knocked out for frozen greens just doesn’t happen. Frost, yeah. Frost goes away in an hour, hour and a half, and then we can just keep going, we can catch up.”

On Friday, play was delayed 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. In announcing the Monday finish, PGA Tour officials said the cut will remain at the top 70 and ties.

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.”

Gainey and Mark Wilson reached 11 under before second-round play was suspended because of darkness. Wilson played 14 holes, and Gainey finished nine.