Zimbabwe's Nick Price putted his way to a share of the lead after Friday's second round in the Colonial Championship in Texas.

The 45-year-old Price shot a five-under-par 65 in the rain-delayed second round to share the lead at six-under 134 with Esteban Toledo.

Toledo overcame eight bunker shots for his second 67.

Play was suspended because of darkness with 18 players, including defending champion Sergio Garcia, still on the course.

The round will be completed on Saturday morning before the third round begins.

 First round summary

Price needed just 26 putts to complete the round.

He said: "My putting is so much better. It's more consistent.

"I need to take my putting up a notch like I have the last two days.

"When I putt well, I really have a chance to win. And I feel like I'm putting at that standard now."

Esteban dropped two shots on the front nine, even with pars on five of the six holes where he hit into bunkers.

He then had the day's best back nine, a four-under 31 that ended with a seven foot (2.1m) birdie putt on the 427 yard (389m) 18th.

Strong winds

Esteban said: "I was hitting good shots, but the winds were blowing different directions and the ball was blowing all over the place."

Steve Flesch and Bob Tway were a shot back at five-under 135, with Glen Day, Kenny Perry, Brian Gay and Bob Burns all at 136.

First-round leader Bob Estes, who had an opening five-under 65, finished his 72 just before play was suspended and was three strokes back with Hal Sutton.

Garcia, after an opening 76, was 10 over with just two holes to play when play was suspended, and appears destined to miss the cut.

David Duval had a triple bogey and two double bogeys while shooting 43 on the back nine.

He finished with a 78 for a five-over 145 total, two strokes above the projected cut.

Selected second round scores(USA unless stated)
Play was suspended due to darkness with 18 players still to complete their second rounds.

134 Nick Price (Zimbabwe), Esteban Toledo (Mexico)
135 Steve Flesch, Bob Tway
136 Glen Day, Kenny Perry, Brian Gay, Bob Burns
137 Hal Sutton, Scott Verplank, Bob Estes
138 Peter Lonard (Australia), Pat Perez, Joel Edwards, Dudley Hart, Billy Andrade, Jose Coceres (Argentina), Justin Leonard, Vijay Singh (Fiji)
139 David Frost (South Africa), Shigeki Maruyama (Japan), Ian Leggatt (Canada), Phil Tataurangi (New Zealand)
141 Stuart Appleby (Australia), K.J. Choi (South Korea), Jesper Parnevik (Sweden)

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