The fog played havoc on the starting times Friday.
Tiger Woods teed off at 5:45 p.m., leaving him enough time to play six holes and make six pars.
Only they sure weren't routine.
He had to scramble for par off a cart path, out of grass up to his knees, and from a grassy knoll that made it tough for him to keep his balance.
After the siren sounded to suspend play, Woods opted to finish the sixth hole. He chipped out of deep grass below the green and left himself a 5-foot birdie putt that spun 270 degrees around the cup and sent him home somber.
"Had to hang in there and did a good job with that," Woods, who remained at one under, told a PGA official.
After finishing the sixth hole, Woods walked toward the parking lot in the twilight and declined comment, while dozens of other players hurried to get home.
Just like the first two days, today is sure to be a marathon.
DALY OUT: John Daly will not return to finish his second round at the PGA Championship because of a shoulder injury.
Daly notified organizers late Friday night that he would not be back today after finishing the par-three seventh hole. He was five over in his second round to that point after shooting a 76 in his opening round Thursday.
ALMOST FAMOUS: Seung-yul Noh says he's not very famous back home in Korea. That's reserved for stars like K.J. Choi and Y.E. Yang.
Noh, 19, is lurking on the leaderboard at five-under 139 after a 68 in his second round Friday at the PGA Championship.
"I don't play much on the PGA Tour, so that's why I'm not very famous back in Korea," Noh said through an interpreter. "After this, maybe I'll be famous."
Maybe that's not something he'll want, either. Yang said after he won the PGA Championship last year, he needed six bodyguards for a trip back home and their clothes were in tatters after fans tried to get to Yang to celebrate their star.
MY APOLOGIES: During his round Friday, Phil Mickelson hit a fan with his tee shot on 15 -- though Mickelson made up for it by giving the guy a glove that he signed and wrote "Sorry" on, even putting a frowning face inside the "o."
His shot a 69, putting him at two-under 142.
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