R2 LEADERBOARD US unless stated -17 C Pettersson (Swe) -15 T Pernice Jnr -14 G Ogilvy (Aus), K Jones -13 B Jobe, S Lowery, T Clark (SA) -12 S Leaney (Aus), J Gore Selected others: -9 J Rose (Eng), G Owen (Eng) -8 R Goosen (SA) -7 B Bavis (Eng) Missed cut: -4 V Singh (Fij) -3 T Woods

The world number one still had two holes to play in his second round when rain suspended proceedings on Friday.

But the 29-year-old could only manage a bogey-par finish on Saturday, good enough for a three-under total of 141.

That was three shots off the cut mark, and one worse than world number two Vijay Singh, another surprise casualty.

Needing two birdies to qualify for the final two rounds at the Magnolia Golf Club, Woods found the rough at the tricky 17th with his final shot before play was called off on Friday.

And from that unpromising position, the American, one of 53 players still on the course when play was suspended, could only manage a bogey.

A par on the 18th confirmed his fate and Woods, who has won this event twice, was heading for the car park.

I can't speak for [Singh], but I did not play well at all Tiger Woods

Having carded a four-under 68 at the Palm Golf Club, the easier of the two courses used for this tournament, on Thursday, Woods endured a torrid time at Magnolia.

There were six birdies in his one-over 73, but they were mixed with two bogeys, a double bogey and a triple-bogey seven at the fifth.

"My driving wasn't very good," said Woods. "The only thing I did well was I putted well. I just could not get it right.

"I had to put the ball on the green (at the 17th) and try to make a putt. I had a shot. I had to draw it a little bit and it didn't draw at all."

Woods, the winner of this year's Masters, Open and four other US Tour events, saw his record string of 142 consecutive cuts broken in May at the Byron Nelson.

The only other times he has missed the business end of a professional tournament were at the 1998 Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the 1997 Canadian Open.

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Singh's failure to survive the 36-hole chop was almost as surprising as Woods'.

He could only manage a one-under 71 at the Palm, a very mediocre return that left him on four under.

The Fijian, a winner at Disney World in 2003 and runner-up last year, was also hit by a triple-bogey seven, the wobble on the par-four six the only blemish on a round that also included four birdies.

Woods said: "I can't speak for [Singh], but I did not play well at all."

Sweden's Carl Pettersson tops the leaderboard after firing a sparkling 11-under 61 to leave him at 17 under for the tournament, two shots clear of American Tom Pernice.