Wagner beats rain, shoots 69 to lead Houston Open

Johnson Wagner shot a three-under-par 69 Friday to take a three-stroke lead during the suspended second round of the Houston Open at Humble, Texas.

Wagner finished before an afternoon storm delayed play for 1 hour 45 minutes. More rain came later and the round was suspended at 7:25 p.m. with 36 players on the course.

Wagner was safely in at 12 under, three ahead of Charley Hoffman (70) and Mathew Goggin (64). Chad Campbell was seven under after matching Goggin’s 64 in the morning.

Defending champion Adam Scott, who shared the first-round lead with Wagner after an opening 63, had five bogeys and a double bogey in a 76 that left him five under.

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Mark Wiebe shot a course-record five-under 67 to take a two-stroke lead in the Champions Tour’s Cap Cana Championship, the first pro golf event ever in the Dominican Republic.

Vicente Fernandez and Fulton Allem opened with 69s in windy conditions on the Jack Nicklaus designed-Punta Espada Course in Punta Cana. The sustained 25-mph wind led to an average score of 74.7, the highest opening-round mark this season.

Wiebe had six birdies, four on the back nine. He holed a bunker shot from 15 feet for birdie on the par-four first hole, and chipped in from 20 feet for birdie on the par-three 13th.

He also made one of only four birdies on the par-four 18th, hitting a three-iron second shot within three feet.