New Orleans, May 02: Danny Ellis shot a six-under-par 66 to take the second round lead at the New Orleans Classic on Saturday before bad weather again forced officials to suspend play. Danny Ellis shot a six-under-par 66 to take the second round lead at the New Orleans Classic on Saturday before bad weather again forced officials to suspend play. Ellis is at 15-under par on 129, one shot ahead of Charles Howell III (64) at 14-under 130. Masters champion Phil Mickelson (65), Matt Kuchar (63), Craig Bowden (66) and Ken Duke (68) are at 12-under 132 while Paul Azinger is at 12 under through 11 holes.
The first round was completed on Saturday morning after bad weather suspended play on Thursday and then completely washed it out on Friday.

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