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Play was suspended at 6:07 p.m. local time with
about half of the field yet to complete the second round, which
will be concluded Saturday morning ahead of the third round.
Scheffler has a 10-under 132 total through two complete rounds
at TPC Scottsdale. Spain's Jon Rahm, who is ranked No. 1 in the
world, shot a 66 on Friday and is two strokes behind Scheffler,
who is rated No. 2.
Canada's Adam Hadwin is also at 8 under, though he still has
seven holes to play in the second round.
Wyndham Clark logged a 67 on Friday, leaving him at 7 under,
tied with South Korea's Sungjae Im, who 6 under in the second
round with six holes remaining.
Australia's Jason Day is in the clubhouse at 6 under after a 71.
He is tied for sixth with Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas (6 under
in the second round through 14 holes), Sam Ryder (4 under
through 13 holes), Xander Schauffele (2 under through 12 holes)
and Canada's Nick Taylor (1 under through 12 holes).
Scheffler is poised to become the first defending Phoenix champ
to lead or co-lead after the second round the following year
since Johnny Miller in 1975.
Scheffler's bogey-free round included three birdies on the back
nine, which he played first, and four on the front nine.
"I think around this place when you're hitting fairways and
you're hitting it well, the golf course can kind of open up for
you," Scheffler said. "But the opposite can happen in a hurry
because there's trouble lurking on basically every hole with
there being desert close by. There's a lot of holes with water
as well.
"When you're hitting it well, you have to take advantage of it
like I did today. Hopefully, I'll keep putting the ball in
position as the week goes on."
Rahm started the day by making his only bogey of the round on
his second hole, the par-4 11th. He quickly recovered by going
birdie-par-eagle-birdie from No. 13 to No. 16, then added
consecutive birdies at Nos. 2 and 3.
"I'm making a lot of good swings out there and I'm going to
remember that," Rahm said. "Where they end up is to most of the
extent out of my control."
--Field Level Media
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