Rain the first two days, and then fog on Saturday: The St Jude Classic can't catch a break.
Third-round play was delayed while the field completed Round 2, which was left at a standstill on Friday.
Leader Ben Crane held a four-stroke advantage as fog burned off Saturday, allowing the resumption of play at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tenn. Given the delays, there was speculation the tournament wouldn't finish until Monday.
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Crane burst away in his second round. After birdying the first hole, he had five more birdies and a bogey for a 5-under 65.
There was a lot of golf to be played before Crane got back on the course. Peter Malnati, sitting second and four strokes behind Crane, had 14 holes to play to finish his second round.
UPDATE: Malnati remains four behind after 15th hole of Round 2. Retief Goosen also was four back through 17 holes.
Also finishing up the second round were Phil Mickelson, Paul Casey and Dustin Johnson.
Crane has not won on the PGA Tour since 2011 and has been struggling with a swing change made necessary by a back problem. He missed the cut in five of his past seven events.
"I certainly didn't expect to be here," Crane said after his second round.
"If someone would have told me a couple days ago I'd be standing in front of a bunch of cameras, I would have asked, 'What did I do?'
"It's been a really, really hard year … you start wondering, 'Am I going to get it back?' "
Scheduled to end Sunday, the St. Jude Classic is the final event before the U.S. Open. Play in it begins Thursday at the Pinehurst No. 2 course in North Carolina.
UPDATE: Crane went more than 28 hours between competitive shots due to weather delays, and he was at 13 under with a four-stroke lead through six holes Saturday when another storm stopped play again.
Troy Merritt, a group ahead of Crane, was at 9 under, with playing partner Peter Malnati at 8 under. Billy Horschel, Retief Goosen and Camilo Villegas were 7 under on their front nines.
Mickelson, who hasn't won in 19 straight events dating to the British Open, had pars on each of his first nine holes and was at 5 under. He's one of many players using the event to tune up for the Open.
Play stopped at 6:49 p.m. with officials hoping to have the leaders tee off for the final round by 9:10 a.m. Sunday, if they can avoid a fog delay like the one that delayed the start of play for an hour Saturday morning.
Crane didn't tee off until 4:50 p.m. Saturday after finishing up his second round at 12:18 p.m. Friday.
Local favorite John Daly was among 71 making the cut at even par.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.