Wyndham Championship: Defending champion Aaron Rai...

Defending champion Aaron Rai was inside a shot of the lead as unhealthy climate curtailed the second spherical of the Wyndham Championship.

The Englishman, who opened with a seven-under 63 on the Sedgefield Nation Membership in North Carolina, picked up six strokes earlier than lightning compelled the gamers off the course.

He trails American Cameron Younger, who had reached 14 underneath when the climate intervened. Fellow American Mac Meissner shot a seven-under 63 and Sungjae Im of South Korea a six-under 64 to steer within the clubhouse on 12-under par.

“For me it is not essentially about this week. I’ve received a objective. In the course of September I might prefer to be in New York enjoying on that Ryder Cup staff,” Younger mentioned. “If I can obtain that, I can obtain quite a lot of issues over these subsequent 4 weeks. So I am making an attempt to maintain that in thoughts quite than the little issues alongside the way in which.

“Not that successful a event right here can be little, however I feel for me form of trying off within the distance in that means I feel will assist me simply hold making an attempt to belief what I am doing and construct some confidence alongside the way in which.”

Rai, who gained his maiden PGA Tour title at this occasion a 12 months in the past, opened with three birdies, including one other on the fifth and two extra after the flip earlier than his spherical was halted on the 14th.

Younger additionally received off to a quick begin after a gap 63 with 5 birdies on the entrance 9.

He’ll resume his spherical on Saturday morning from the sting of the sixteenth inexperienced as he chases a 3rd successive birdie after edging forward late on.

In a single day chief Joel Dahmen, chasing a spot within the prime 70 within the FedEx Cup rankings within the remaining occasion earlier than the play-offs, combined two birdies with as many bogeys as he remained on 9 underneath.

Gary Woodland is amongst these on the sting of the play-off locations and helped his trigger with an albatross two on the par-five fifth. He shot 64 to sit down alongside Dahmen.

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