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Haas owns 3-shot lead at Memorial

DUBLIN, Ohio — No rain cloud or puddle appears on the giant Memorial Tournament crest built into the new clock tower at Muirfield Village’s clubhouse.

They’re usually all around the course, however.

The weather won out again on Friday when Bill Haas played early in the day to go low before storms twice suspended play and then finally ended the second round for the day with 42 players yet to finish. The round was scheduled to resume at 7:30 a.m. EDT Saturday followed by the third round.

Haas, who used to caddie on occasion for his father Jay while he was piling up nine top-10 finishes at the Memorial, bogeyed the last hole but still shot a 5-under 67 for a 9-under-135 total and a three-stroke lead over four players. Matt Kuchar (70) and three players who have yet to finish — first-round leader Charl Schwartzel, Bubba Watson and Kyle Stanley — shared second place at 2 under.

The top two players in the world — top-ranked Tiger Woods and No. 2 Rory McIlroy — took different routes to a similar score. Woods never could get anything going and surprisingly had problems on the par 5s, shooting a 74 to stand at 1-over 145.

“Tough conditions out there and I didn’t exactly play my best either,” said Woods, who had to battle gusting winds but still is even on the par-5 holes over 36 holes. “It’s not that hard to make bogeys and doubles on this golf course. You miss the ball in the wrong spot, get the wrong gust, it’s tough.”

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