Bill Haas defied difficult weather conditions to thrust himself into contention at the US PGA Tour Safeway Open, where Scott Piercy remained atop the leaderboard when darkness halted the rain-delayed second round. "If we had not gotten to stop, it would have been very difficult for us," Haas said. After a delay of more than two hours, Haas returned and completed a two-under par 70 that gave him an eight-under total of 136 and the clubhouse lead.
