Golf: Sweden's Ryder Cup player Peter Hanson birdied three of the closing seven holes to make it a four-way tie for the lead when the second round of the Barclays Scottish Open was finally able to continue at Castle Stuart near Inverness.

The round had begun at 7.30am on Friday, then was hit by two rain delays later that day and a total wash-out on Saturday.

With the event cut to 54 holes for the first time in its history, Hanson's 67 put him alongside Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell and Scots Peter Whiteford and Scott Jamieson.

Luke Donald matched Hanson's round to be one behind, with Spain's Jose Manuel Lara and 51-year-old former winner Barry Lane.

Lee Westwood, trying to take the world number one spot back off Donald, was two further back after a 71, while Colin Montgomerie was alongside him after achieving the 69 target he set himself to keep his hopes alive of grabbing a place in the upcoming Open Championship through a top-five finish.

Montgomerie was in joint 14th spot, but had to be the leading non-exempt player and Jamieson, Lane and Lara all had the same goal.

"I'm trying my best, but it's a long shot now," Montgomerie said. "I have a long way to go and I needed two more rounds to be honest. I'll have to play like Luke - no mistakes. I'm throwing in too many errors."

He had three birdies in the nine holes he had to play when the action resumed at 7am, but also bogeyed the 14th.

Donald commented on his round: "I'm in a good position. It took a while, but it's nice to get it done and hopefully we can play another 18 today."

There was more rain in the area, but the course had recovered well from a deluge that even caused a landslide and made holes by the Moray Firth out of bounds to spectators.

The cut came at four under - only two off the European Tour all-time record - and that was one too many for England's Nick Dougherty, who has now made 17 early exits in a row going back to November.

He gave himself a chance with birdies at the 12th and 16th, but needed one more and at the par-five last a bad drive meant he had to hit six-iron for his third shot.

Dougherty found the green, but had to putt down a ridge from 20 feet and missed.

"The cookie's just not crumbling for me at the moment," he said.

Pádraig Harringtonand Darren Clarke are next best of the Irish in eight under, while Paul McGinley, Shane Lowry and Peter Lawriebegan their final rounds on six under.

Damien McGranewill tee off on four under.