Phil Mickelson tied for lead as rain suspends second round.
PEBBLE BEACH — One day after an uncommon display of accuracy, Phil Mickelson went back to being his old, familiar self Friday at soggy Spyglass Hill. He was all over the place, in other words.
Mickelson occasionally found himself in the forest, but he still shot 4-under-par 68. That left him tied for the clubhouse lead in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, at 10-under, when play was suspended for the day at 2:11 p.m. because of rain.
Paul Casey, Lucas Glover and Scott Langley also finished the second round at 10-under. Jordan Spieth stood at 10-under with two holes left to play.
Mickelson hit only 6 of 14 fairways on his journey around Spyglass. He hit all 13 fairways in Thursday’s opening round at Monterey Peninsula, the first time in 21 years he had hit every fairway in a PGA Tour round.
Mickelson held sole possession of the lead until he made three consecutive bogeys near the end of his round. He finished with a birdie.
At least he was done before rain started to hammer the area. Forty-four players were still on the course when play was suspended. The second round will resume Saturday at 7:10 a.m., with the third round scheduled to start at 8 a.m.
The forecast calls for a 40 percent chance of rain throughout the morning, according to weather.com.
Mickelson, 48, is a four-time AT&T champion. He remains confident in his ability to compete on the PGA Tour, mostly because he’s still one of the longest hitters around.
“If you’re going to be crooked off the tee, you sure as heck better be long,” he said, “and that’s kind of the way I’m trying to approach it.”
Strong leaderboard: Mickelson, Casey, Spieth and Jason Day (one shot off the lead) are all in the top 30 of the world ranking. Glover won the 2009 U.S. Open.
Still, in some ways it’s hard to take a good measure of this tournament until players complete one round at each course. Then they all return to Pebble Beach for Sunday’s final round.
Monterey Peninsula (par-71) is the most scoreable course so far, with a 69.9 average. Spyglass (71.9) has played slightly harder than Pebble (72.2) to this point; both of those courses are par-72.
Briefly: Ernie Els, at age 49, stands tied for 15th heading to the weekend after shooting 69 at MPCC and 68 at Spyglass . ... Two-time AT&T champion Dustin Johnson struggled Friday — he was 2-over through 16 holes at Spyglass, dragging him to 3-under for the tournament . ... The “Hooked on Golf ” radio show returns to KNBR for its 26th year. Shows will air from Pebble Beach on Saturday (7-8 a.m. and 6-8 p.m.) and Sunday (9 a.m. to noon and 3:30-5 p.m.).