A more than three-hour weather delay on Friday didn’t affect PGA professional Rick Schuller (Chester), who used an eagle-birdie finish to shoot a championship-best 8-under 64 to own a one-stroke lead heading to the weekend.

Schuller, the 1998 event champion, is at 13-under 131 through 36 holes. Collegian Evan Beck, 19, of Virginia Beach had a second round 5-under 67 (132, -12). Professionals Stephen Gangluff of Charlottesville (second straight round of 67) and Blackstone’s Cameron Yancey (68) are at 10-under 134 and three strokes off the pace. Virginia Tech junior Marshall Bailey (Fincastle) had a day two 68 and is four back at 9-under 135.

The suspension of play started at 3:25 p.m. due to the threat of lightning in the area, before resuming again at 6:44 p.m. Competitors played until dark. Second-round play was completed on the morning of Saturday, July 17. The third round will begin around 11 a.m. off of Nos. 1 and 10, with the lead groups set to start at around 12:30 off hole No. 1.

Altogether, 77 competitors (47 amateurs and 30 professionals) at 4-over-par 148 or better made the 36-hole cut. The cut number was the lowest it has been since 2005 at Willow Oaks when competitors with a 148 aggregate made the weekend.

Schuller (pictured right), who opened with 67, was bogey-free with five birdies prior to the delay. The unwelcome weather arrived while the grouping was standing on the 14th tee.

“We’ll go out and see what happens, whenever we do go out,” Schuller said during the weather-induced break.

He liked the results when play resumed. After two-putting from 50 feet following a mis-hit at 14, he drove it in play and set up scoring opportunities the rest of the way. Schuller completed a long day in memorable fashion draining a 25-footer for eagle at the par-5 17th and stuffed his approach close at the par-4 finishing hole before draining the 4-footer. Schuller, 47, has his best chance to win in recent years since finishing third in 2007.

“I really like how I’m thinking. I like the way I’m putting,” said Schuller, the teaching professional at Swader’s Sports Park in Colonial Heights. “That feeling doesn’t come much and it makes your targets look bigger because you have the putter backing it up – currently.”

Beck, who was four under par before the delay hit, struck pinpoint irons shots at the flagstick all day. He shot three under on his outward nine (Nos. 10-18) and the longest of his four birdies was 12 feet; he sandwiched in another birdie from 4 feet at the par-4 second prior to play being suspended and added another at the par-5 eighth after play resumed.

“I’m hitting it really well. I’m looking forward to doing some of that on [Saturday], keep it going and see what happens,” said Beck, who finished second at last week’s Eastern Amateur. “There are 36 holes left. I’m in position to potentially make something happen. An eagle-birdie finish is pretty good, though.”

Both Gangluff and Yancey made three birdies after the competitors got back out. The assistant professional at Charlottesville’s Farmington Country Club, Gangluff, 34, battled the putter before the dark clouds rolled in and welcomed the chance to regroup. Playing his first competitive event since February, he birdied three of the last four holes once play got started again, starting with a 25-footer at No 15 before making birdie putts of 4 feet or less on Nos. 17 and 18.  

“I needed that break. I was struggling with the putter. I went back out, something clicked and I made some putts. I needed to call a timeout – you don’t get that in golf,” Gangluff said. “I was getting a little steamy under the collar with the putter. It helped me to stop because my rhythm was headed the other way.”

Yancey came back from the delay to birdie three of the first four holes to turn around what was a pedestrian day scoring-wise to that point. A mini-tour player, Yancey, 31, knows the putter will be the difference-maker on the weekend.

“I hate to be behind guys of that caliber,” Yancey said. “I’m going to have to shoot seven or eight under, but if something goes in, I’m right there.”

The suspension interrupted a three-hole stretch of birdies from Nos. 10-12 by the 21-year-old Bailey.

“It’s kind of a surprise. I wish it wouldn’t have hit,” he said.

MIDLOTHIAN ––

Results following the second round of the 2010 SunTrust State Open of Virginia at Independence Golf Club (7,029 yards, par 36-36—72).

Second round play was completed on the morning of Saturday, July 17.

(a – denotes amateur)

Rick Schuller, PGA (Chester), 67-64—131

a – Evan Beck (Virginia Beach), 65-67—132

Cameron Yancey (Blackstone), 66-68—134

Stephen Gangluff (Charlottesville), 67-67—134

a – Marshall Bailey (Fincastle), 67-68—135

a – Roger Newsom (Virginia Beach), 68-69—137

Jay Woodson (Richmond), 69-68—137

Richard Hanna (Stanardsville), 71-66—137
a – Keith Decker (Martinsville), 69-69—138

a – Nick Austin (Midlothian), 68-70—138

a – Adam Webb (Ridgeway), 70-69—139

a – Weston Eklund (Charlottesville), 71-69—140

Chip Sullivan, PGA (Troutville), 71-69—140

a – Ben Keefer (Glen Allen), 71-70—141

a – Scott Shingler (Haymarket), 70-71—141

a –Seth Norman (Norfolk), 70-71—141

a – Glenn Mullian (Richmond), 69-72—141

a – Austin Gray (Midlothian), 67-74—141

a – Tim Kelley (Ashland), 72-70—142

a – Buck Brittain (Tazewell), 68-74—142

a – Andrew Tilley (Ringgold), 73-69—142

Jon Corliss, PGA (Virginia Beach), 71-71—142

Faber Jamerson, PGA (Appomattox), 71-71—142

Steve Pierce (Bristow), 70-72—142

            Tony Bostic (Vienna), 71-71—142
a – Michael Wade (Floyd), 71-72—143

a – Scott Marino (Fairfax), 69-74—143

a – Mikey Moyers (Stanardsville), 72-71—143

a – Michael Shrader (Midlothian), 74-69—143

a – Vincent Nadeau (Richmond), 65-78—143

Bryan Jackson, PGA (Palmyra), 72-71—143

Steven Jenkins (Chesterfield), 75-68—143

Hampton Ballard (Pearisburg), 70-73—143
a – Jeffrey Topp (Fairfax), 73-71—144

a – Lee Fisher (Altavista), 71-73—144

a – Jeremy Wells (Hopewell), 74-70—144

Tommy Joyce, PGA (Salem), 76-68—144

Tim White, PGA (Midlothian), 71-73—144

a – Garland Green (Tazewell), 76-69—145

a – Jeff Long (Centreville), 72-73—145

a – Aaron Eckstein (Salem), 68-77—145

a – Zack Henry (Front Royal), 72-73—145

a – Josh Apple (Lansdowne), 72-73—145

a – Paul Woodson (Powhatan), 71-74—145

Eric Cobb, PGA (Verona), 75-70—145

Jimmy Flippen Jr. (Danville), 71-74—145

John Stone, PGA (Newport News), 76-69—145

Kenneth Roseberry (Leesburg), 71-74—145

Cary Sciorra, PGA (Gainesville), 69-76—145
a – Daniel Walker (Earlysville), 75-71—146

a – Matthew Ball Jr. (Richmond), 78-68—146

a – Chad Mozingo (Culpeper), 75-71—146

a – Andy Heye (Centreville), 73-73—146

a – Wade Wawner (Virginia Beach), 75-71—146

a – Kyle Bailey (Fincastle), 73-73—146

a – Bryce Chalkley (Richmond), 71-75—146

a – Phil Mahone (Charlottesville), 74-72—146

Tim Crumrine (Richmond), 71-75—146

Bud Lintelman, PGA (Purcellville), 73-73—146

Brendan McGrath, PGA (Centreville), 73-73—146

Mike Morrone, PGA (Richmond), 74-72—146

a – Jim McGuire (Haymarket), 71-76—147

a – Michael Taylor (Ashland), 70-77—147

a – Allen Barber (Yorktown), 72-75—147

Mike Gooden, PGA (Harrisonburg), 72-75—147

John O'Leary, PGA (Chantilly), 73-74—147

Dean Sumner, PGA (Callao), 73-74—147

Jason Toryk, PGA (Winchester), 74-73—147
a – Jeff Newman (Midlothian), 76-71—147
a – Starell Cox (Chesterfield), 73-75—148

a –Jay Zapko (Glen Allen), 71-77—148

a – Matthew Neely (Monterey), 72-76—148

Michael Ferguson, PGA (Glen Allen), 73-75—148
Jerel Whiting (Martinsville), 73-75—148
a – Adam Frank (Midlothian), 73-75—148
a – Wayne Hall (Fredericksburg), 74-74—148
Ralph Reahard, PGA (Richmond), 75-73—148

-FAILED TO QUALIFY-
a – Dan Hosek (Alexandria), 77-72—149

a – Brian Post (Stephens City), 73-76—149

a – Matt Brantingham (Richmond), 75-74—149

Patrick McGuire (Reston), 77-72—149

Mike Moyers, PGA (Stanardsville), 72-77—149

T.J. Young, PGA (Chesapeake), 76-73—149

Adam Farry (Fairfax), 74-75—149

a – Greg Brouse (Leesburg), 74-75—149
Phil Bowers, PGA (Woodbridge), 77-72—149
a – Paras Pandya (Midlothian), 76-74—150

a – Chris Tuttle (Virginia Beach), 72-78—150

a – Dan Lesando (Ashburn), 74-76—150

a – Ben Lasso (Falls Church), 80-70—150

a – Bowen Sargent (Charlottesville), 75-75—150

David Newsom, PGA (Leesburg), 75-75—150

a – Francesco Romano (Reston), 74-76—150
a – Tony Deluca (Purcellville), 73-78—151

a – Steve Douglass (Leesburg), 79-72—151

Woody Fitzhugh, PGA (Great Falls), 77-74—151

a – Tom Grady (Marshall), 76-75—151
a – D.J. Dougherty (Glen Allen), 78-74—152

Mike Farewell, PGA (Manassas), 77-75—152

Mike West, PGA (Richmond), 77-75—152

Richard White, PGA (Chesterfield), 78-74—152

a – Garrett Whitmore (Midlothian), 74-78—152
a – Jay Livingston (Glen Allen), 76-76—152
Scott Graber, PGA (Chesterfield), 78-74—152
a – Wes Smith (Virginia Beach), 77-76—153

a – Chris Olson (Midlothian), 73-80—153

Mike King, PGA (Richmond), 76-77—153

John Madden, PGA (Leesburg), 76-77—153

Geoff Redgrave, PGA (Crozet), 79-74—153

a – Victor Monte (Chantilly), 76-77—153
a – Bob Jones (Williamsburg), 76-77—153
a – Ralph Knapp (Virginia Beach), 76-78—154

a – Brad Chambers (Galax), 78-76—154

a – Larry Loving Jr. (Richmond), 78-76—154

Chris Hartig, PGA (Williamsburg), 78-76—154

Andy Viscardi, PGA (Carrollton), 76-78—154

a – Jack Adkins (Martinsville), 76-78—154
John Miller, PGA (Leesburg), 73-82—155

a – Ben Beach (Glen Allen), 79-77—156

a – Britt Parnell (Midlothian), 75-81—156

Mike Thompson, PGA (Gordonsville), 80-76—156

Robert Weinerth, PGA (Martinsville), 77-79—156

Mike Gebhard, PGA (Glen Allen), 78-78—156
a – Ronnie Fultz III (Martinsville), 80-76—156
Jeffrey Cornwell, PGA (Mechanicsville), 81-76—157

Mark Guttenberg, PGA (Aldie), 78-79—157

Brett Robertson, PGA (Midlothian), 77-80—157

Richard Runyon, PGA (Front Royal), 75-82—157

Andy Weissinger, PGA (Portsmouth), 80-77—157

Craig Gunn, PGA (Danville), 78-79—157

a – Ryan Rettberg (Front Royal), 83-75—158

George Danielson, PGA (Oakton), 82-76—158

Brad Gentry (Laurel Fork), 76-82—158

Ryan Nebera, PGA (Midlothian), 79-79—158

Tim Newsom, PGA (Suffolk), 82-76—158

Matthew Schulze, PGA (Midlothian), 80-78—158

Hank Jenkins, PGA (Richmond), 80-78—158

Peter Mazza, PGA (Richmond), 78-81—159

a – Ross Sumner (Callao), 77-82—159
a – Steve Castro (Chantilly), 80-80—160

Dean Sidoti, PGA (Midlothian), 76-84—160

a – Scott Bemberis (Richmond), 81-80—161

a – Cameron Warner III (Richmond), 80-82—162

Steve WenPetren, PGA (Herndon), 80-82—162

Kevin Haney, PGA (Charlottesville), 80-83—163

Dan Stepnicka, PGA (Harrisonburg), 80-83—163

Paul Watlington (Lynchburg), 84-79—163

Roger Hatcher, PGA (Manassas), 79-86—165

Rocky Fryar, PGA (Richmond), 83-82—165
Andy Bemis, PGA (Glen Allen), 86-81—167

David Anderson, PGA (Richmond), 87-82—169

Jeffrey Moorefield (Richmond), 89-80—169

Aaron Palen, PGA (Leesburg), 79-91—170

Matthew Hudgins (Glen Allen), 94-85—179

Jeffrey Thomas, PGA (Lynchburg), 73-WD
a –Ryan Patrick (Sterling), 74-WD

Mike Bell, PGA (Gainesville), 75-WD

a – Jordan Carpenter (Suffolk), 75-WD

a – Jason Copeland (Norfolk), 77- WD

a – Casey Thompson (Stephens City), 77- WD

Gary Anderson, PGA (Hampton), 78-WD

Jay Hardwick, PGA (Blacksburg), 78-WD

Mark Lambert, PGA (Suffolk), 79-WD

Jerry Donahue (Purcellville), 79-WD
Eddie Luke, PGA (Virginia Beach), 80-WD

Eric Woodward (Wintergreen), 83-WD

John Benkovic, PGA (Sterling), 85-WD

a – Zack Bowman (Gloucester), 85-WD

MIDLOTHIAN –– Groupings and starting times for the third round of the 2010 SunTrust State Open of Virginia at Independence Golf Club (7,029 yards, par 36-36—72) on Saturday, July 17.

 
(a – denotes amateur)

 
All Times EDT

Saturday (July 17), hole No. 1

11 a.m. – a – Jeremy Wells (Hopewell); a – Lee Fisher (Altavista); John Stone, PGA (Newport News)

11:09 a.m. – Tim White, PGA (Midlothian); Tommy Joyce, PGA (Salem); a – Jeffrey Topp (Fairfax)

11:18 a.m. – a – Vincent Nadeau (Richmond); a – Mikey Moyers (Stanardsville); Hampton Ballard (Pearisburg)

11:27 a.m. – Bryan Jackson, PGA (Palmyra); a – Michael Wade (Floyd); a – Michael Shrader (Midlothian)

11:36 a.m. –     Tony Bostic (Vienna); Steven Jenkins (Chesterfield); a – Scott Marino (Fairfax)

11:45 a.m. – a – Andrew Tilley (Ringgold); Steve Pierce (Bristow); Faber Jamerson, PGA (Appomattox)

11:54 a.m. – a – Tim Kelley (Ashland); Jon Corliss, PGA (Virginia Beach); a – Buck Brittain (Tazewell)

12:03 p.m. – a – Scott Shingler (Haymarket); a – Ben Keefer (Glen Allen); a – Austin Gray (Midlothian)

12:12 p.m. – a – Weston Eklund (Charlottesville); a – Glenn Mullian (Richmond); a –Seth Norman (Norfolk), 70-71—141

12:21 p.m. – a – Keith Decker (Martinsville); a – Adam Webb (Ridgeway); Chip Sullivan, PGA (Troutville)

12:30 p.m. – Jay Woodson (Richmond); Richard Hanna (Stanardsville); a – Nick Austin (Midlothian)

12:39 p.m. – Cameron Yancey (Blackstone); a – Marshall Bailey (Fincastle); a – Roger Newsom (Virginia Beach)

12:48 p.m. – Rick Schuller, PGA (Chester); a – Evan Beck (Virginia Beach); Stephen Gangluff (Charlottesville)

Saturday (July 17), hole No. 10

11 a.m. – a – Jeff Long (Centreville); a – Zack Henry (Front Royal); a – Aaron Eckstein (Salem)

11:09 a.m. – Kenneth Roseberry (Leesburg); a – Paul Woodson (Powhatan); a – Josh Apple (Lansdowne)

11:18 a.m. – Eric Cobb, PGA (Verona); a – Garland Green (Tazewell); Jimmy Flippen Jr. (Danville)

11:27 a.m. – Cary Sciorra, PGA (Gainesville); a – Daniel Walker (Earlysville); a – Wade Wawner (Virginia Beach)

11:36 a.m. – Bud Lintelman, PGA (Purcellville); a – Andy Heye (Centreville); a – Chad Mozingo (Culpeper)

11:45 a.m. – a – Phil Mahone (Charlottesville); a – Bryce Chalkley (Richmond); Mike Morrone, PGA (Richmond)

11:54 a.m. – a – Kyle Bailey (Fincastle); Tim Crumrine (Richmond); a – Matthew Ball Jr. (Richmond)

12:03 p.m. – Brendan McGrath, PGA (Centreville); Dean Sumner, PGA (Callao); a – Michael Taylor (Ashland)

12:12 p.m. – a – Jim McGuire (Haymarket); Mike Gooden, PGA (Harrisonburg); John O'Leary, PGA (Chantilly)

12:21 p.m. – a – Allen Barber (Yorktown); Jason Toryk, PGA (Winchester); a – Jeff Newman (Midlothian)

12:30 p.m. – a –Jay Zapko (Glen Allen); a – Matthew Neely (Monterey); a – Starell Cox (Chesterfield)

12:39 p.m. – a – Adam Frank (Midlothian); Michael Ferguson, PGA (Glen Allen); Jerel Whiting (Martinsville), 73-75—148
12:48 p.m. – a – Wayne Hall (Fredericksburg); Ralph Reahard, PGA (Richmond)