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The weather might have been exactly what Steve Stricker needed to wake up, clear the cobwebs and come back from an Even Par opening round, to absolutely dominate the course and the competition throughout his entire second round.  Whatever happened, it's clear that Stricker changed something, and that changed launched him all the way into sole possession of second place.  Impressive.

Stricker Fires -10 to Land in 2nd Place

Also impressive, however, and also holding Stricker from that top spot, despite the amazing -10, 61 he shot today, is the ongoing great play by Darron Stiles.  After opening with a first round 64, he's already back on the course trying to finish out his second round he was unable to play when the skies opened up.  Looks like that brief delay didn't negatively affect him in any way, as he's already -5 through his 15th hole and in sole possession of the lead at -12.  After only two rounds, that's a pretty impressive score to be holding on to at the John Deere.

Weather To Force 36 Hole Sunday?

The real question remaining, however, is how the weather will affect the final round of play in Silvis, Ill.  The current idea for a Sunday schedule, is to force the players to play 36 holes with a brief break in between.  What's even more strange, is they are going to be pairing people in groups of 3, starting them on both the first and the 10th tee, and they won't even be re-pairing groups between rounds.

Sunday Will Be A LONG Day

What that all translates to, is a very long, long day for golfers on Sunday.  Will this carry over and affect their play at the British?  Probably not, but still, no one wants to play 36 holes on the Sunday they were supposed to be only playing 18.  It will get interesting, that is for sure, and we'll see how these players gut it out and hold onto the scores they're building, add to them, or even go lower.

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Looks like 2009 is officially the season of a rain-delayed golf tournament.  First we had the excruciatingly long U.S. Open, and now, once again, rain is officially ruining our parade.  That's right, the John Deere Classic is at a standstill and according to the most recent reports, play should be resuming sometime around 4:00 pm local time.

Stiles & Janzen Tied for Lead

So when play DOES resume, what does the landscape of the leaderboard look like?  Glad you asked.  Right now sitting proudly atop the leaderboard we see a two-way tie for the lead at -7 between Darron Stiles and Lee Janzen and three other golfers nipping at their heels at -6.  How will the rain affect play, affect scores and affect the leaderboard?  We can't tell yet, but things could get extremely interesting over the next few hours.  Whether or not they'll fully finish Round 2 remains to be seen, but taking a quick glance at the weather video on PGATour.com, it's looking like they might be facing some serious Mother Nature issues.

Monday Finish Possible

When PGA Tournament Arvin Ginn was asked whether or not this tournament could be cut short due to the impending British Open, that quite obviously would take priority, Ginn visibly takes offense to it and reminds the interviewer that they are focused on the John Deere Classic, and nothing else.  He also mentioned that a Monday finish  might once again be required.  Yikes.

Perry & Glover Off The Pace

As long as there is golf, we'll be watching!  We're Still waiting on Kenny Perry and Lucas Glover to both make their moves, considering they are riding the wave of recent victories.  Currently Perry is at -3, while Glover is sitting one stroke behind that at -2.

Will They Finish?

If they go out again, it'll be worth watching.  Hold tight, we'll see what happens!