Buick Open 2006

Woods birdied three straight holes to take the lead in the suspended second round of the Buick Open, then Quigley birdied the 18th hole after the horn sounded to move into a tie.

Woods, 13 under for the tournament, was 7 under with three holes left in his second round before play was stopped because of darkness. He will finish his round early Saturday morning and will start his third round in the afternoon after a break of about 4 hours.

"I had a hard time reading the putt on 15," Woods said. "It was nice to actually be able to stop."

Quigley finished with a 6-under 66, and will have an afternoon tee time with the leaders.

"We were running to finish," Quigley said. "We knew it would be 3 more hours of sleep, and we were pushing the group ahead of us from the 14th on."

Jeff Sluman and Bo Van Pelt were two shots back. They both finished the second round, with Sluman shooting a 67, and Van Pelt carding a 66.

Two-time defending champion Vijay Singh, first-round leader Mike Weir and Jim Furyk (68) were in a pack of nine three shots behind Woods and Quigley. Singh had five holes left and Weir had three to play in the second round.

The tournament was delayed 2 hours, 16 minutes Thursday morning because of stormy weather. A second delay lasted 1 hour, 36 minutes before play was suspended for the day because of unplayable conditions.

More than half the field was unable to complete the first round Thursday. Those unlucky golfers, including Sluman and Van Pelt, were back on the course early Friday, and had a quick turnaround for their second rounds.

Sluman was surprised with his performance because he got just 3 hours of sleep before waking up at 2:30 a.m.

"I was exhausted starting the round," he said. "And the way I felt, I didn't know if I could play all 30."

Woods, playing in his first tournament since winning the British Open, started his second round about 29 hours after shooting a 66 on Thursday.

He had four birdies on the front nine, and moved into the lead with birdies at Nos. 12-14 before parring the 15th when the horn sounded to suspend play.

Woods was long and straight off the tee on the front nine, using his driver only once, and his approaches were fantastic. His birdie putt lipped out at No. 2, and he missed some makable birdie putts, holding him back from a sensational round.

"As long as I can keep myself in position like that to make putts, that's fine," Woods said.

He was more erratic off the tee after the turn, but that didn't stop him from moving into the lead.

On the 340-yard, par-4 12th, Woods tried to drive the green, but pulled his drive well to the left of the green and yelled "Fore!" He hit an uphill chip to 12 feet, then made the birdie putt.

After a 15-minute wait on the par-5 13th tee, he went left again with his drive, landing on a muddy walking path. After consulting with a rules official, he took a drop off the path and drilled a low iron shot that rolled off the back of the green. He pitched to 8 feet and made the putt for another birdie.

"We can only go as fast as the group in front of us," Woods said. "There was a logjam there and we weren't going anywhere. We knew we weren't going to finish."

He drove the 322-yard 14th and narrowly missed a 16-foot eagle putt before tapping in for his third straight birdie. Woods parred the 15th and was walking to the 16th when play was suspended.