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Thomas, Scott rule

Woods made little headway on the marathon day, struggling with the putter

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Australia's Adam Scott and American Justin Thomas topped the leaderboar­d at 10-under par when darkness halted play in the second round of the weather-disrupted Genesis Open.

Scott and Thomas both posted five-under par 66s on Friday, and each was five-under for the second round when darkness fell on another rainy day at Riviera Country Club, where organizers were scrambling to get the tournament back on track for a Sunday finish after a seven-hour weather delay on Thursday.

Tournament host Tiger Woods made little headway on the marathon day, struggling with the putter in a one-under first round and still one-under, tied for 55th, through 12 holes of the second.

"It was a tough day," Woods said.

"I'm stiff right now. It got pretty chilly towards the end, the ball wasn't going very far."

Woods strung together four birdies in a row in the middle of his first round, but his troubles on the greens kept him from building any momentum.

"I putted awful today," said Woods, whose 44-foot eagle putt at his 10th hole in the second round was an anomaly on a day when he hit 17 of 18 greens in regulation in the first round but had four three-putt bogeys. No sooner had the eagle enlivened his round than he had two straight bogeys before play ended.

"You have to go get it, and JT did it and I just wasn't able to do it," Woods said, lauding playing partner Thomas.

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Adam Scott of Australia

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