<div><p>Australian Robert Allenby completed a second-round 64 on Saturday to head into the third round of the St. Jude Classic one shot off the lead of Brian Gay.</p><p>Gay had finished his 66 on Friday before thunderstorms halted play for a 10-under total of 130.</p><p>Allenby had to play his last three holes of the second round to get to a 36-hole total of 131, with the third round starting almost immediately after completion of the second.</p><p>American Phil Mickelson, playing for the first time since revealing his wife, Amy, has cancer, also played out the final three holes of his second round for a 70.</p><p>He birdied his first hole of the day, but closed with a bogey and a double-bogey at 18 that left him on 138.</p><p>Americans Bryce Molder (63) and Vaughn Taylor (65) were at 132.</p><p>John Daly finished his second round on Friday, but had to wait overnight to see if he made the cut in the 6.1 million-dollar event. He did, right on the cut line at even-par 140 as did Australian Nick O'Hern.</p><p>Among the players who didn't make the weekend in the last tune-up before next week's US Open championship at Bethpage Black were Spain's Sergio Garcia and Ireland's Padraig Harrington, winner of the British Open and PGA Championship last year.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=52603483&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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