MEMPHIS, Tenn. – John Daly’s personal life overshadowed golf once again, this time when he accused his wife of waking him up by attacking him with a steak knife.

Daly was the talk at the TPC Southwind on a day when thunderstorms forced a three-hour delay, and Adam Scott’s 4-under 66 gave him a one-stroke clubhouse lead at 7-under 133 when darkness suspended play in the Stanford St. Jude Championship.

A total of 26 players were unable to complete the round. They will return Saturday morning to finish play, with the third round expected to start by midday with players going off both the first and 10th tees.

Daly, playing on a sponsor’s exemption, was 4 over after following his opening 70 with a 74. The projected cut Saturday morning was 4 or 5 over.

Fellow Australian Andrew Buckle had a chance to pass Scott with what could be the best round here so far. He started the day at even and was 6 under with three holes left after seven birdies and a bogey. Brian Gay, who waited out the delay after putting his second shot on the green at No. 18, holed out from 45 feet for birdie and a 66 that left him a stroke back at 6 under.

Daly started grabbing attention as he prepared to start his round on the No. 1 tee before the delay, with both cheeks looking as if he’d been clawed. News of the fight between the couple, who each sued for divorce last October, surfaced during the delay.

He released a statement and accused his wife of attacking him as he woke up in his home near the course.

Pettersen escapes heat

HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. – Suzann Pettersen appears to have put a major collapse behind her.

Ten weeks after she self-destructed down the stretch in Kraft Nabisco Championship, Pettersen birdied three of her last four holes Friday just in time to escape the heat, posting a 5-under 67 to take a one-shot lead over Karrie Webb in the LPGA Championship.

“I forgot about that a long time ago,” Pettersen said of her collapse in California, where she played her last four holes in 4 over to finish a shot behind Morgan Pressel. “I didn’t look at it as a collapse. I looked at it as what I can do different, so I do stronger when I get to the next tournament and I’m in the same situation.”

All that mattered at broiling Bulle Rock was finding some shade. With temperatures in the 90s and no cloud cover, players who teed off in the afternoon carried umbrellas to shield the sun and guzzled water to keep hydrated. Pettersen teed off early and was at 8-under 136 before the course started to cook.

Michelle Wie also played in the morning. By the end of the day, the 17-year-old from Hawaii was lucky to still be in the tournament.

She bogeyed her last hole for a 74 that left her at 3-over 147, and it looked as though she would miss the cut by one shot. While she may not feel she owes anyone an apology, Wie probably owes thanks to Karen Davies.

Playing in the final group, Davies bogeyed the last hole to allow 14 other players – Wie included – to tie for 70th and make the cut.

Wie was 11 shots behind.

Pettersen has the lead, but that’s about it. Webb continues to hit the ball so well that she was slightly disgusted with her 69.

Big-hitting Brittany Lincicome shot 69 and was two shots behind with former U.S. Women’s Open champion Birdie Kim (71). The group at 5-under 139 included Pressel (71) and Annika Sorenstam, who birdied her last two holes for a 69.

Putt gives Haas lead

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – Jay Haas got off to a good start in his bid for his third Champions Tour victory of the year, holing a 20-foot birdie putt on the final hole to take a one-stroke lead in the Principal Charity Classic.

Haas, who leads the money list and has eight top-10 finishes this year, shot a 6-under 65 in his first tournament round on the Glen Oaks Country Club course.

Dave Eichelberger, the 1999 U.S. Senior Open winner at Des Moines Country Club, opened with a 66, and 2001 Glen Oaks winner Jim Thorpe was another stroke back along with 2002 champion Bob Gilder, Mark James and David Edwards.