Goosen and Fulke chasing Americans

Retief Goosen and Pierre Fulke came up with sparkling finishes to prevent an American takeover of the United States PGA championship in Minnesota.

The 33-year-old Goosen chipped in at the last hole for a second successive 69 and shared the clubhouse lead at six under par with Justin Leonard, Mark Calcavecchia and Rich Beem.

Then Fulke, displaying form which can only boost his confidence for his Ryder Cup debut in a month's time, made a closing 60-foot putt for a 68 and four-under aggregate.

Fred Funk was the home player leading the way out on the course, seven under with five to play as another storm halted play for the day at 6.21pm.

Tiger Woods was also among the 41 affected - but the world number one had made his presence felt with a front nine 33 and was joint seventh at three under when the suspension came.

Woods' class shone through as he birdied the fourth, fifth and seventh, but Justin Rose, although he birdied the two par fives on the back nine, also bogeyed the 12th and 13th, then dropped another on the 16th and two more at the short next, going in hazards both times.

The 22-year-old fell from three under to level par, but just before the premature end to the day's action he birdied the third to climb back into a share for 21st spot.

Padraig Harrington's 73 left him one further back as he continued to be handicapped by an ankle injury, while Nick Faldo's 76 sent him tumbling down from one under to three over, just inside the likely cut-off mark.

Westwood had easily his worst round of the year to depart on the 14-over-par total of 158 while Phillip Price did even worse, his 83 being added to a 76 for a 15-over aggregate.

Montgomerie resumed on two over, but could do no better than 39 for the outward half and when he ran up a six at the 597-yard 11th the Scot was six over. Further bogeys came on the 15th and 17th, leaving Montgomerie with one birdie all week and an eight-over total.