Long day in store for many at PGA Championship after play was suspended

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There is a hot humid air mass over much of our prairie provinces and indeed Ontario, and the line of thunderstorms associated with them raced south last night right through Wisconsin resulting in everyone at the PGA Championship in Kohler diving for cover, obviously suspending play.

The Golf Channel tent housing their studio was one of many structures damaged, play was called off around 6pm with 57 players left with some unfinished business this morning.

"It's kind of a pain in the arse " said Justin Rose, best describing the feelings of many, He was up at 4.15 this morning preparing to play 1 hole at 7am, and at -8 and one of the leaders, he will then figure out what to do with himself until he tees off again for round three at 3pm this afternoon.... Back to bed is my advice..

Here is the situation..

* Jason Day is continuing his fabulous summer, remember he had the 54-hole lead at the U.S. Open while coping with vertigo symptoms then he nearly won the Open Championship, then won the RBC Cannadian the next week. He is -5 through 14 holes, -9 total for the lead with his Aussie mate Matt Jones who is -5 through 12.

* The weather today is forecast to be a duplicate of yesterday, hot, humid, little wind, ideal scoring again but watch out for those pop up thunderstorms later in the day..

* I've been telling you about Tony Finau and you can be sure he didn't want to stop playing last night as he is -6 through 13 holes for a -7 total.

* there are a lot of crooked numbers on the scorecards, because while scoring conditions are ideal, if the guys don't keep the ball in the fairway, the rough is penal, and the angles into the flags more difficult. David Lingmerth for example had 8 birdies, but just shot 70 to stand at -7, but at least he is finished two rounds..

* Tiger still has a chance to make the cut which is projected at +2. He is +4 through 13.

* Jordan and Rory were out early yesterday you'll remember and Spieth was back at his best with a -5 67 for -6 total while Rory is not in top gear yet with another 71 for -2, but he is playing well tee to green, he needs the ball to start dropping if he is going to get in contention this weekend... the next idiot that puts a microphone in his face and asks him if his ankle is still ok should be ex-communicated..

* Dustin Johnson had only hit 4 fairways through 15 holes, +1 on his day, so he was probably happy to see if a good nights sleep with young Miss Gretzky can bring new life into his.... ah I'm sorry I won't go there, and she is his missus now...but don't ever forget all those twitter pics of her and her girlfriends next to naked in Las Vegas etc that caused so much embarrassment to he legendary dad, the Wayner...

* here are guys who are right in contention that nobody but friends and family really care about. At -6 Harris English, Scott Piercy, Brendan Steele, JB Holmes.. these are all fine players and are all making millions of dollars, and have all been absolute stars growing up, and anyone of them could win but they are perfect examples of the rank and file that make up the numbers every week in pro golf..

* three more international players you don't know but should watch for. George Coetzee has already won twice this year and is a star in South Africa. He shot 65 early yesterday to get to -5 after opening with 74. Danny Lee from New Zealand via South Korea won the Greenbrier and does nothing but shoot in the 60's and he is also -5 through 13 while Anirban Lahiri is a rising Indian star and he is also -5 through 14 holes..

* John Daly never changes.. 73, 82 and tossed his 6 iron into Lake Michigan...much to the delight of a kid in his dad's boat who now has the souvenir..

* these guys surprised me ,, Adam Scott 76 75, Ian Poulter 75 75, Miguel Jimenez 76 74

* these guys have their bags packed but can't leave yet at +3.. David Hearn 76 71, Shane Lowry who won last week 78 69, Zach Johnson 75 72, Paddy Harrington 76 71 and others..

* Nick Taylor is at +2 73 73 and should be playing this weekend unless the cut goes to +1.

* getting little publicity from our media was the best story of the day, Japanese star Hiroshi Iwata who started and seemingly stopped after a messy 77 and still was at +3 at the turn yesterday when something clicked and the 34 year old reeled off five birdies and an eagle tying a major championship record with a -9  63 -4 total.

They are on course as I write finishing round 2 with round 3 scheduled to begin at 10am...

Bryan