MADISON, July 20, 2013 (AFP) - The American, still seeking a first US PGA Tour title, had completed eight holes on Friday, opening with a bogey but answering with birdies at the par-5 fifth and seventh holes, before darkness halted a round that had been stopped for two hours by lightning.
After returning Saturday morning, Summerhays birdied the par-3 12th hole, added back-to-back birdies at the par-4 14th and par-3 15th and closed with a birdie at the par-5 18th to seize command ahead of an afternoon start in threesomes to the third round of the $3 million event.
Summerhays, standing on 14-under 130, was in position to win his first Tour title last week, but squandered a third round lead and finished one shot behind eventual winner Jordan Spieth.
This week, Summerhays hopes to bounce back from that heartbreak with a breakthrough triumph in a week where world number one Tiger Woods and the world's other top golfers are playing in the British Open at Muirfield in Scotland.
Sharing second place on 10-under 134 for 36 holes were 11 players: Australia's Peter Lonard, Argentina's Fabian Gomez and Americans Vaughn Taylor, Paul Stankowski, Troy Matteson, Kyle Reifers, Bill Lunde, Billy Mayfair, Nicholas Thompson, Chris Kirk and Woody Austin.
Scores on Saturday after completion of the storm-interrupted second round of the $3 million US PGA Sanderson Farms Championship (USA unless stated, par 72):
130 - Daniel Summerhays 63-67
134 - Vaughn Taylor 67-67, Fabian Gomez (ARG) 70-64, Paul Stankowski 66-68, Troy Matteson 67-67, Kyle Reifers 65-69, Bill Lunde 67-67, Peter Lonard (AUS) 67-67, Billy Mayfair 72-62, Nicholas Thompson 69-65, Chris Kirk 69-65, Woody Austin 69-65
135 - Chris Riley 67-68, Steven Bowditch (AUS) 67-68, Jim Henman 66-69, Brad Fritsch (CAN) 66-69, Skip Kendall 67-68, Jonathan Randolph 66-69