follow-up round to his opening score. "I feel all right where Im at," said Sluman, who won the Legends of Golf with Brad Faxon in April. "Its the best I can do. I signed my card correctly, I hope, at the

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Duffy Waldorf is hoping this early lead will culminate with a Sunday night celebration. Waldorf shot a 4-under 68 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Jeff Sluman after the soggy, weather-delayed second round of the Regions Tradition, the second of five Champions Tour majors. Waldorf had three birdies and a bogey on both the first nine holes and the last nine to top the Shoal Creek leaderboard at 9-under 135. The Champions Tour rookie led after two rounds last week in Iowa in the Principal Charity Classic, but closed with a 1-under 71 to tie for third. Waldorf also led shared the first-round lead with Jay Haas two weeks ago at the Senior PGA Championship, but is hoping to finish in the top position this time. "My friend was telling me, I dont really care if youre leading after the first or second round or even the third. Just lead after the fourth," he said. "Its not NASCAR, so I dont get extra points for how many laps I lead. But youve got to be near the top to have a chance and Im really happy to be near the top." Sluman, the first-round leader, had a 71. Fred Couples, Mark Calcavecchia, Michael Allen and Canadian Rod Spittle were three strokes back. Couples had a 71, Calcavecchia and Allen shot 69, and Spittle had a 66. Two-time defending champion Tom Lehman was 4 under after a 71. He made a double bogey on 17 and a bogey on 18 in fading light. A four-time PGA Tour winner, Waldorfs only lead at the mid-point of a major came in the 2002 British Open. Waldorf, who was on No. 3 when play was halted Friday, tied for 18th that time. Waldorf followed a 15-foot birdie putt on No. 5 with an 18-footer on the next hole. His highlight might have been the 30-plus footer on No. 12. The Champions Tour major at Shoal Creek was delayed 3 hours, 13 minutes with lightning in the area, and there was a steady rain for much of that time. The players finished late in the evening with darkness approaching at 8:01 p.m. "I thought it would be a longer delay," Waldorf said. "It really poured there for a while. We were looking outside and we were going, My gosh, its going to take hours for the course to drain. But we got back out pretty quick." Sluman had an eagle on the par-5 third hole, two birdies and three bogeys after matching his best opening round score on the Champions Tour with a 65. Given the conditions and his spot near the top of the leaderboard, Sluman wasnt fretting too much about a more mundane follow-up round to his opening score. "I feel all right where Im at," said Sluman, who won the Legends of Golf with Brad Faxon in April. "Its the best I can do. I signed my card correctly, I hope, at the end of the day. And I didnt shoot myself out of it, certainly. Its days like this that win you the tournaments as much as shooting a really low score. "When youre just struggling a little bit, youre in between clubs, youre not making anything really happening and you dont go out and shoot 75 or 76, so Im happy with that." Couples managed all three of his birdies on the final eight holes but had two bogeys. He had near-misses on a couple of makeable birdie putts early. "I hit way too many balls," Couples said. "I came out and practiced a little longer, and then we went out and hung out in the van and left the grounds to have lunch. Im tired now, but I felt pretty good out there. I just couldnt hit the ball close enough, and when I did, I had some pretty good putts and I felt like I putted well but nothing went in." Spittle, who is conditionally exempt this year, had five birdies and a bogey during a seven-hole stretch on the back nine. He won the 2010 AT&T Championship. Brad Bryant, who has been bothered by foot problems, withdrew after the round ended. Burch Smith Jersey . 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Adam Scott finally stopped thinking about his putting and he has been rewarded for a carefree attitude in the opening US PGA Tour Playoff event.Starting the day seven off the pace, Scott fired a six-under-65 at Bethpage Black to rocket to seven under and into third place for The Barclays.The Queenslander trails American Rickie Fowler (68) by two and sits one back of second placed Patrick Reed (71).World No.1 and defending champion Jason Day is four shots off the lead at five under and tied sixth after a round of 70.Scott started his hot round by holing out for eagle from 95 yards and added six birdies with just two bogeys.After two rounds of fruitless putting, coming off the back of a few months of the same, Scott finally broke the shackles.He made just 30 feet of total putts in the opening round and 58 feet in round two but come Saturday he dropped in a whopping 150 feet of putts.I just really tried to clear my mind, Scott said.When youre not making them and they are always a little bit short, you start thinking about too many things and stroke and line, feel, speed, all this kind of stuff.I just thought, forget about it all and just go with instinct.It was good to just simply forget about everything with the putting, technical and feel and anything, and just kind of look and stroke and not care where it went.For that to be the answer, is nice, because I dont think theres any major issues.Scott wiill attempt to keep the roll going tomorrow as he chases a third win of the year and 14th US PGA Tour title.ddddddddddddIf I could finish the year off the way I started, it would salvage some of the disappointment of not really contending in the majors this year, he added.Day, the defending champion, was left to rue another round of wild driving.He hit just three fairways and with 14 through three rounds he ranks last in the field for driving accuracy.If I can find my golf ball, I might have a good chance at winning the tournament. Today I just had no clue where it was going, Day said.?I was missing both left and right. The biggest thing for me was to try to commit to a golf shot.I was standing over there going, just get it down there somewhere instead of committing to a target, committing to a shot and hitting it.I think if I can have a decent shot at hitting fairways tomorrow, I might give myself an opportunity.Day and Scott are looking to become the first Australian in the 10-year history of the playoffs to win it all at next months Tour Championship, including the $US10million bonus.John Senden, who faces elimination from the playoffs if he doesnt perform well, put his future on the line Sunday after a tough 75 left him tied for 55th.He is on the elimination bubble. 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