Day, Durant share lead

Jason Day birdied four of his first six holes on his way to a 4-under 66 for a share of the first-round lead when play was suspended Thursday at the Byron Nelson Championship at Irving, Texas.

The threatening skies never actually drenched the TPC Four Seasons course, but the radar looked so scary there was a delay of 3 hours, 44 minutes.

Joe Durant finished with an eagle and a birdie to match Day at 66. Steve Elkington, Hunter Mahan and Jarrod Lyle were still on the course with scores of 4-under.

Elkington will have two holes left, Mahan three and Lyle seven when play resumes at 7:15 a.m. today, pushing back the start of the second round by an hour. Thursday's late starters are the first to go off today, which means it will be a long day for them.

Sybase Match Play Championship: Michelle Wie survived a tight opening match against Stacy Prammanasudh in the Sybase Match Play Championship at Gladstone, N.J., taking the lead with a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-3 16th and winning 2-up with a conceded birdie on 18.

The eighth-seeded Wie will face Hee Young Park, a 19-hole winner over Ji Young Oh, in the second round Friday at Hamilton Farm.

Top-seeded Jiyai Shin and No. 2 Ai Miyazato also advanced, while 49-year-old Juli Inskter rallied to beat third-seeded Suzann Pettersen in 21 holes. Shin beat Kyeong Bae 3 and 2, and Miyazato topped Jeong Jang 4 and 3. Inkster won the par-5 18th with a 10-foot birdie putt to force extra holes, then finished off Pettersen with a 4-foot par putt on the par-3 third.

BMW PGA Championship: At Wentworth, England, Danny Willett set a course record by shooting 6-under 65 in the BMW PGA Championship for a 1-stroke lead over Richard Green. Ross Fisher was among a group of four players who shot 67, joining Richie Ramsay, S.S.P. Chowrasia and Steve Webster.

Top European player Lee Westwood shot a 1-under 70, making double bogey on the 10th. He was tied with defending champion Paul Casey.

Rory McIlroy shot 74 on the course redesigned by Ernie Els, featuring cavernous bunkers around every green and water in front of the 8th and 18th greens.

Els finished with a 69.