Woodland sets 36-hole record to lead suspended PGA Championship

ST LOUIS, MO - AUGUST 10: Gary Woodland of the United States stands on the ninth tee during the second round of the 2018 PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club on August 10, 2018 in St Louis, Missouri.
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Inclement weather suspended Round 2 for the remainder of Friday at the PGA Championship, but not before leader Gary Woodland could turn in a record-setting performance.

Woodland fired a 4-under 66 for a two-day total of 130 strokes, the lowest 36-hole score in tournament history.

Birdies were plentiful before the hail and thunderstorm showed up, with multiple players going low at Bellerive Country Club early on Friday.

Brooks Koepka (8-under) and Charl Schwartzel (7-under) both shot 63, tying the lowest score in PGA Championship history.

Kevin Kisner, who played alongside Woodland in Rounds 1 and 2, fired a 6-under 64 to sit one shot back.

Severe weather rolled into the St. Louis area Friday afternoon to, at first, delay second-round action until the PGA Championship announced play was done for the day.

Tiger Woods (3-under), Rory McIlroy (even) and Rickie Fowler (7-under) are all in the middle of their second rounds.

Round 2 play will resume Saturday at 8:00 a.m. ET.

The third round will begin immediately after the conclusion of Round 2, with golfers playing in threesomes and teeing off both No. 1 and No. 10.

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