LOS ANGELES -- Tiger Woods got caught in the rain without an umbrella. And with sloppy bogeys on the final two holes Friday, he left Riviera wondering if he would get a tee time on the weekend.

Rory Sabbatini didn't have it easy during the second round of the Nissan Open, either. He couldn't feel his toes when he teed off Friday morning in temperatures in the 40s, but warmed up with a 6-under 65 that turned into a four-shot lead at the end of a bizarre day off Sunset Boulevard.

Sunshine gave way to iron-gray clouds in a matter of minutes, and then came the first drops of rain that soon turned steady. Several players -- Woods included -- reached for rain gear and umbrellas, only to realize they left them in their lockers or their cars.

Soaked to the bone, his cap on backward to keep rain from dripping off the brim, Woods, already battling the flu, missed an 8-foot par putt on his final hole for a 3-over 74 that put him below the cut line and left him desperate for help from the four dozen players trying to finish in shivering conditions.

"I hit my irons terrible," Woods said. "And I just couldn't shake anything in on the greens."

When the second round ended, he got the help he needed from behind.

Steve Elkington made bogey from the bunker on the ninth hole. Kevin Na made consecutive bogeys, then Jesper Parnevik -- the Swede who set up Woods with his future wife -- made four consecutive bogeys. That combination bumped the cut to 1-over par.

More rain is expected Saturday, but it's a safe bet the players will come prepared.

Brent Geiberger not only forgot his umbrella, he didn't have any rain pants or a jacket. Len Mattiace was so soaked when he finished that he tossed his wet cap into the trash.

Kevin Sutherland chipped in for eagle from 100 feet when the rain came down the hardest. Not only did it carry him to a 70 that put him at 4-under 138, there was a fringe benefit.

"It was nice to stay under the umbrella a little longer," he said.

Forgotten in the wet weather -- nasty, but still playable -- was some great golf.

Sabbatini ran off five straight birdies around the turn and was at 10-under 132, four shots ahead of Thomas Levet (68) and Craig Barlow (69).

Trevor Immelman made a hole-in-one with a 7-iron on the 16th hole and shot 70 to land in the group at 5-under 137 that included U.S. Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman (70) and Lee Westwood of England, who shot his 66 in the afternoon when conditions were at their worst.

Brian Gay made the rarest shot in golf -- a double eagle -- by holing out a 5-iron on the par-5 fifth hole. He had a 67, putting him in the large group at 4-under 138.

This is Sabbatini's tournament going into the weekend, but one slip and there are two dozen players ready to slosh through Riviera and make a run at him.

Rory Sabbatini finished second last week at Pebble Beach. (Grayson/ WireImage)

Sabbatini was in the second group off Friday morning, and it was so frigid he could barely grip the club over a chip on the 10th hole that he bladed over the green, making bogey.

"I couldn't feel my toes or my hands when I played it," Sabbatini said. "I hit a chip clear over the green. I even hit it clean over the back bunker. It was actually funny, walking on the 14th tee today, I looked at Tommy Armour and said, 'Yes, I can actually feel my toes again.' He had the same thought process."

Ernie Els didn't have much energy at all.

Els also is battling flu symptoms in his '06 debut on the PGA TOUR, and he had every reason to pack in it after going 3-over par on his first three holes. But the Big Easy battled back for a 72 and was at even-par 142, leaving him on the cut line. With Woods having missed two cuts last year, Els has the longest active streak on the PGA TOUR -- 24 consecutive tournaments in the money -- although that was in jeopardy.

"I'm aware of that," he said of his cut streak. "I'm not trying to keep the cut streak alive, I was trying to get back in the tournament. My iron play let me down a little bit."

Divots: Most players going from the Nissan Open to the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship at La Costa have only a 100-mile drive. For Ernie Els, the journey will be about 5,000 miles. Els is going to Hawaii on Sunday night for a news conference Monday to announce he is designing a golf course about 20 minutes outside Honolulu called Hoakalei Country Club. "I miss Hawaii and wanted to get back," he said with a smile. "Even if it's just for six hours." ... Sean O'Hair has been struggling all year, and was headed toward another missed cut Thursday when he three-putted from 7 feet on the sixth hole for double bogey. But he battled back to a 70, then followed with a 69 on Friday. ... John Daly shot 77 to miss the cut.

Editor's note: AP contributed to this story.