By Mark Lamport-Stokes
DUBLIN, Ohio, June 1 (Reuters) – American journeymen Scott
Stallings and Spencer Levin survived tough, windy conditions to
hold an early share of the second-round lead at the rain-hit
Memorial tournament on Friday as the temperatures plunged.
Overnight pacesetter Stallings carded a one-over-par 73 and
Levin a 72 on a soggy, ultra-long Muirfield Village layout to
finish level at five-under 139 after play had earlier been
suspended for just under two hours due to heavy rain.
While former British Open winners Louis Oosthuizen and Ben
Curtis, along with Masters champion Bubba Watson, were likely to
miss the cut, Stallings and Levin limited the damage late in
their respective rounds as the wind intensified.
Daniel Summerhays carded a 71 to lie one stroke off the pace
at 140, one better than fellow Americans Troy Matteson (69) and
Jonathan Byrd (70).
Australian Adam Scott briefly got to six under but he
dropped four shots over his last eight holes for a 72 to finish
at two under.
That put Scott level with Swede Henrik Stenson (68), Japan’s
Ryo Ishikawa (70) and Americans Lucas Glover (68), Dustin
Johnson (71), Rickie Fowler (71) and Erik Compton (75).
With the temperatures peaking at around 61 Fahrenheit (16
Celsius), Stallings recovered from a faltering run of three
bogeys in four holes to join Levin at the top.
LONG DAY
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