Apr 29, 2016 2 min read

Jamie Lovemark and Jhonattan Vegas shared the Zurich Classic lead at 11 under Friday when second-round play was suspended because of darkness.

Lovemark had a 27-hole day at hot and humid TPC Louisiana, completing a 5-under 67 in the first round and adding a 66 in the second in the event that fell behind schedule Thursday with a long rain delay.

“Just happy to be alive,” said Lovemark, winless on the PGA Tour. “It was hot, humid. It’s a tough walk, just soft, so ate a ton, walked slow. Not too bad.”

Vegas, from Venezuela, shot 64-69.

“Long day,” Vegas said. “I played 30 1/2 holes today. I knew it was going to be an extremely long day, so I just kind of kept the mentality and hit one shot at a time and just played as hard as I can. The course was a little easier this morning with the greens being soft, but the wind picked up in the afternoon, and this course was really hard.”

Locally, Steve Wheatcroft was 6-under par and still had five holes to play to complete the second round. Wheatcroft was tied for ninth when play was called. Brendon Todd was 9-over par and will not make the cut.

Piller leads LPGA event: Gerina Piller made herself right at home Friday in the LPGA Tour’s Volunteers of America Texas Shootout, shooting a 6-under 65 to take the lead in the suspended second round.

She birdied three of the final five holes in her bogey-free round to reach 10-under 132.

Locally, Rachel Rohanna sits at 3-over par and tied for 90th. She has two holes to play to complete the second round.