<p>Two over par after 11 holes when Thursday's first round was suspended because of heavy rain at Bethpage Black, Weaver recorded three birdies in a red-hot finish for a one-under 69. <br /><br />That left the 22-year-old, making only his third appearance at a major championship, in a tie for the early lead with Britain's Graeme McDowell. <br /><br />Weaver won the British amateur title in June 2007, two months after 32 people were massacred by a lone gunman at Virginia Tech university. <br /><br />A junior at Virginia Tech, Weaver was about to enter a classroom building that fateful day when the shooting spree began in another building 100 yards away. <br /><br />"It's not something we can ever forget," he told reporters. "It will always be in the back of our minds. I think it's something that you learn from and you cope with and I've done a good job of that.” Weaver vaulted up the leaderboard with birdies at the 13th, 16th and the par-three 17th.<br /><br />Frustrated after dropping four shots in his last four holes, Tiger Woods was mightily relieved he was done for the day. <br /><br />"The way I feel I don't want to go back out there right now," the triple champion said after carding a four-over-par 74 to lie five off the pace. Probably (I) would be a few clubs light," the world number one added, suggesting he was tempted to bend a few of them in frustration. <br /><br />Jeev Milkha Singh, smarting under the rough start on the first day, seemed to be bouncing back, but one bad hole did him in as he finished with a disastrous eight-over 78.<br /><br />Jeev, five-over after eight holes on Thursday, seemed on his way to repairing his scorecard well with birdies on the first two holes on resumption.</p>
<p>Two over par after 11 holes when Thursday's first round was suspended because of heavy rain at Bethpage Black, Weaver recorded three birdies in a red-hot finish for a one-under 69. <br /><br />That left the 22-year-old, making only his third appearance at a major championship, in a tie for the early lead with Britain's Graeme McDowell. <br /><br />Weaver won the British amateur title in June 2007, two months after 32 people were massacred by a lone gunman at Virginia Tech university. <br /><br />A junior at Virginia Tech, Weaver was about to enter a classroom building that fateful day when the shooting spree began in another building 100 yards away. <br /><br />"It's not something we can ever forget," he told reporters. "It will always be in the back of our minds. I think it's something that you learn from and you cope with and I've done a good job of that.” Weaver vaulted up the leaderboard with birdies at the 13th, 16th and the par-three 17th.<br /><br />Frustrated after dropping four shots in his last four holes, Tiger Woods was mightily relieved he was done for the day. <br /><br />"The way I feel I don't want to go back out there right now," the triple champion said after carding a four-over-par 74 to lie five off the pace. Probably (I) would be a few clubs light," the world number one added, suggesting he was tempted to bend a few of them in frustration. <br /><br />Jeev Milkha Singh, smarting under the rough start on the first day, seemed to be bouncing back, but one bad hole did him in as he finished with a disastrous eight-over 78.<br /><br />Jeev, five-over after eight holes on Thursday, seemed on his way to repairing his scorecard well with birdies on the first two holes on resumption.</p>