Jason Day continues to lead the 2016 Players Championship even though his second round was cut short by a two-hour rain delay at TPC Sawgrass on Friday. Players were hauled off the course at 4:10 p.m. ET and didn't get back out until 6:10 p.m. It didn't affect Day, though. The world's No. 1 player extended his lead to three shots over Shane Lowry by making absurd putts like this one.

"I feel good about my game, but I think the biggest thing for me is just to really try and focus on just trying to extend the lead," said Day after his round. "I'm not saying I've got a boatload of confidence. I feel good about how I'm going about my game, but I just got to understand that this is like a major and especially with 16, 17 and 18, anything can happen there.

"So I got to make sure that I'm switched on when I come through that stretch. It's still, it's still nerve wracking and it's still hard as ever. You still are trying to hit the quality shots. I'm at 14 under par, I've got a good lead going on. I just can't sit back. I need to keep pushing forward."

He remains the only player in the field without a bogey, and now he's within shouting distance of Greg Norman's tournament record of 24 under. As it stands, he's tied for the 36-hole record at 14 under, and he still has four holes left to play on Saturday morning.

Not only will he be shooting for Norman's record, but there's another former No. 1 player he'll want to catch as well.

Jason Day up by 2. Last time a world number 1 led outright on #PGATour thru 36 holes & did not win? Tiger Woods, 2009 Tour Championship. — Justin Ray (@JustinRayGC) May 13, 2016

One of the other players giving chase to Day is world No. 3 Rory McIlroy. The Ulsterman went out scalding hot in the morning wave of players and basically took the course record of 62 out to dinner, bought it drinks and bailed on dessert. McIlroy needed a birdie on the final hole for the first 62 in Players Championship history. He couldn't snag it. He was not pleased about that.

"I was thinking about it," said McIlroy. "I wanted to make birdie and shoot 62. There's no doubt about that. I'm disappointed, but there's still two more days to go. That's the nice thing. I'm in a good position heading into the weekend."

Yes you are, Rory.

Somebody who's not in a very good position heading into the weekend is Jordan Spieth. Spieth is 1 under with four holes left, one shot out of making the cut, and he's in trouble on his 15th hole after a wayward drive.

It looks like Rickie Fowler will join him by missing the cut as well. Fowler shot a 71 on Friday but will finish one shot out of making the cut to try and defend his title. Phil Mickelson could be joining both of them as well. He needs a birdie at either No. 17 or No. 18 on Saturday morning when play starts back up to get to the weekend.

There are a handful of other top players primed to make a run after Day, but it appears McIlroy, Brooks Koepka and Zach Johnson will be the only bigger names within striking distance unless he falls way back over his final four holes on Saturday morning. One of the players a little farther back has racked up my favorite stat of the week.

Adam Scott has 10 birdies, no bogeys, no doubles and no triples and is 6 under this week. ⛄️ — Kyle Porter (@KylePorterCBS) May 13, 2016

Play is set to resume at 9:15 a.m. Eastern on Saturday. The third round will start at 11:30 a.m. Eastern and players will go off in threesomes on both No. 1 and No. 10.