Golf has the No. 62 in major championships. The first five pairings produced two 4-under 66s – Justin Rose and Charl Schwartzel – a 68 by Patton Kizzire, three 69s and four rounds of par 70.
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Haigh responded that the Saturday forecast wasn’t much different from the previous days, and they were caught off guard by the intensity and length of the storm.
“I kind of gave myself a little kick in the bum after that double bogey”, Day said. Play never resumed and is scheduled to begin again at 7 a.m. Sunday. Instead, officials maintained the custom of sending golfers out in twosomes, all from the first tee.
The best of Saturday’s completed rounds were 5-under 65s by Padraig Harrington and Kevin Kisner. “If they get to 12, 13-under, that’s going to be a tall task”.
American co-leaders Robert Streb, who matched the low round in Major history with a seven-under 63 on Friday, and Jimmy Walker were on nine-under 131 after 36 holes. “I need the wind to stay up and the lead to not get too far away”. “Like, ‘What are you doing?’ After that, I just said, ‘Let’s get it down the fairway, try to get it on the green, birdie the hole.’ I did that, and then I birdied the next hole”.
Nor will that be the case Sunday, Haigh said.
“The galleries were huge, and we were getting pumped up for Danny to make a run so it was pretty fun”, Joe Summerhays said.
Martin Kaymer watches his tee shot on the third hole during the first round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., Thursday, July 28, 2016.
But the forecast is also bad for Sunday and Monday.
The pair are being pursued by world No 1 Jason Day, whose remarkable birdie blitz around the turn on Friday propelled him into the mix.
McIlroy faced a battle to make the weekend after using 35 putts and failing to make a single birdie in his opening 74, although he dug deep and came to the last hole thinking he needed a birdie when a par would have extended his tournament.
Mickelson was one of 37 players who finished Saturday, shooting 68. There likely won’t be a repeat performance on his end. But the third round won’t be completed on Saturday.
“If you get worn out or exhausted, it’s normally the head that gets exhausted”.
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Scotland’s Catriona Matthew, who will be 47 next month and won the title at Royal Lytham and St Annes in 2009, shot a best of day 65 and moved into joint fourth place on nine under alongside another South Korean, Jang Ha-Na (67). That left him seven shots behind, which would require a record-tying comeback at the PGA Championship to have any chance.
