The third round will resume at 6:00 a.m. Central Time on Sunday and the final round will begin at 7:40 a.m.in nine minute intervals; staying in the same pairings as Round 3, starting from the first tee.
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It’s supposed to be bad – more of the same stuff that forced a suspension at 2:15 p.m. on Saturday and ended the golf for the entire day. The forecast is calling for more rain Sunday, forcing the PGA of America to use the preferred lies in an effort to complete the tournament on time.
There were 10 golfers, including Walker and Day, who played 36 holes Sunday after the third round was suspended Saturday after heavy rains saturated the course.
However, the forecast ranged from a 50 per cent to 90 per cent chance of thunderstorms in the 12-hour period between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., raising the distinct possibility of a Monday finish.
“Somebody is going to break that 63 record in these next two days”, Mickelson said after firing a third-round 68.
American Kevin Kisner birdied three of the last four holes for a 65 to grab the clubhouse lead and share sixth overall at five-under 205 with 37 of 86 players able to finish before the storm. Rickie Fowler had 45 feet for birdie on the first hole.
Russell Knox of Scotland rushed to tap in for par on the last to complete a three-under 67 and three under par total, seconds before the klaxon sounded to signify all play must stop.
There was no meaningful golf played on Saturday at Baltusrol as most of the third round got washed out in the afternoon.
The course looks like it is unplayable, Streb said during Saturdays delay.
That would have given them time to get in almost all of play before the storms hit. I think that theres that 61 or 62 out there that I was probably trying to chase a little too hard..
USA co-leaders Robert Streb, who matched the low round in major history with a seven-under par 63 on Friday, and Jimmy Walker were on nine-under 131 after 36 holes. “I felt like if you were hitting from the short grass, you could pretty much do whatever you wanted with the golf ball in the green”. “But I’ve just got to kind of inch my way slowly”.
Twenty-eight men have posted rounds of 63 in the Masters, U.S. Open, the British Open or PGA Championship.
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Day, who is one shot behind, is looking to join Tiger Woods as the only repeat champion since stroke play began in 1958. The final round was played in threesomes off both tees at Kiawah Island in 2012, and Valhalla was a quagmire in 2014, though the last two rounds were played in twosomes and barely finished.
