JOHN DEERE CLASSIC Coceres has 1-shot lead before PGA play halted

Lightning stopped play in the second round.
SILVIS, Ill. (AP) -- Jose Coceres waited out a lengthy rain delay and played into fading daylight Friday, taking a one-shot lead before play was suspended in the second round of the John Deere Classic.
The 40-year-old Argentine was 2 under through 11 holes for the round and was 11 under overall when play was halted because of lightning. About half of the field was to return and finish this morning before the start of the third round.
"It's not easy for any player, but you just have to accept it," he said through a translator. "I'm playing really well and concentrating very well. And I'm still leading, so I'm comfortable."
Vaughn Taylor (69) was one stroke off the lead at 132, tied with Greg Chalmers who was 3 under through 13 holes when play was called.
A group of eight was four shots off the lead.
Shot career-best 62
Coceres, a former caddie who taught himself to play with clubs fashioned from branches, was the first-round leader after shooting a career-best 62. He won twice in 2001, but a broken arm wiped out most of 2002 and led to inconsistent play last year.
He got off to a good start Friday with birdies on two his first four holes. Coceres got to 12 under with a birdie on No. 10 before bogeying 11.
It's the first time he's had the lead this late in a tournament since winning the National Car Rental Classic.
"I really want to have a good tournament. I'm ready," he said.
Taylor moved into a tie for the lead with a birdie on 10, but three-putted the next hole to fall a shot back. A double-bogey dropped Taylor to 7 under, but he had three birdies over the next six holes to get within a shot of Coceres.
The 28-year-old rookie, who played on the Nationwide Tour last year, finished in a tie for fifth in the St. Jude Classic. He's put himself in contention again for his first PGA Tour victory.