| This time at Bob Hope Classic, wet weather didn't | | | | key. I hit a lot of good shots, but I putted well." |
| block Bubba Watson. He fired a 10-under 62 on | | | | |
| Friday to take a two-stroke lead over Alex Prugh | | | | After a morning delay to avoid the worst of Friday's |
| after the delayed second round, which began and | | | | storm, the early starters played through the rain |
| ended in the driving storm that washed out | | | | before it largely stopped an hour later. Their iron |
| Thursday's play. | | | | shots still produced large sprays of water from the |
| After rain storms washed out play on Thursday, the | | | | fairways throughout the round. |
| second round of the 90-hole event teed off in driving | | | | |
| rain on Friday.It was raining again as the round | | | | While the wet course made the par-fives less |
| wrapped up, but in between the long-hitting Watson | | | | reachable, the conditions still suited Watson to play |
| capitalized on the wet fairways as he built a 16-under | | | | with his taylormade r9 460 driver, especially with lift, |
| total of 128. | | | | clean and place rules in effect. In such marshy |
| | | | | conditions, the rest of the players could see reasons |
| But there were just enough hours in between squalls | | | | for Watson's success. |
| for a SilverRock course record by Watson, who's | | | | |
| trying to show there's more to his game than his | | | | "The wet weather just totally plays into his favor, |
| jaw-dropping work off the tee. | | | | because his ball's not going to get out of control |
| | | | | when it hits the ground," Bertsch said. "He can just |
| "I didn't expect it to be that wet," Watson said. "I | | | | fly it his 330 and plug it and lift it, clean it and hit |
| didn't come out of my house yesterday, so I didn't | | | | wedges into every hole. It doesn't surprise me one |
| know what it was. It was really wet."Watson played | | | | bit." |
| his second round at SilverRock, the toughest of the | | | | |
| four courses in use for the tournament. | | | | The rain hasn't been quite so kind to Watson's wife, |
| | | | | Angie. Her Friday round with actor Kevin Nealon in the |
| Watson, who led the tour in eagles and was second | | | | pro-am portion of the Hope Classic was canceled |
| in driving distance last year, was at 16-under 128 | | | | when the amateurs were scratched in an effort to |
| after taking on the tournament's two toughest | | | | get the round in between the raindrops. "She would |
| courses in his first two rounds.Watson passed off his | | | | rather her play and not me," said Watson, who got |
| Thursday by filming videos for Twitter of himself | | | | his wife into the field as a fifth-anniversary present |
| hitting balls out the door of his rental house -- but the | | | | of sorts. Angie Watson is a former Georgia basketball |
| prolific tweeter had no trouble getting back to | | | | player who's even taller than her 6-foot-3 husband. |
| business. | | | | She's a 4-handicap after six years of serious play. |
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| "My length is definitely going to play a part on that | | | | The pros got through round two on the double, their |
| golf course, because it's got wide fairways," Watson | | | | amateur counterparts on the sidelines in a bid to |
| said. "I can rip it if I want to. The par-5s are | | | | speed things up. The amateurs will return to action |
| reachable, unless you get a day like today. ... It's | | | | on Saturday, and even though the forecast for the |
| different [in the rain]. It's going to be hard for | | | | weekend is clear the fifth and final round is now |
| everybody, but I putted well today. That was my | | | | scheduled to finish final round on Monday. |