It last was played in July in 1968, when Julius Boros at age 48 became the oldest major champion at Pecan Valley in San Antonio.
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He is also a 1997 graduate of Canyon High School in New Braunfels, Texas.
Daniel Summerhays birdied three of his last four holes for a 66 to finish alone in third, earning him his first trip to the Masters next year. Walker at least had time to rest in his travel bus – he’s a frequent neighbor of Day on the PGA Tour – and get right back out into the final round.
Harrington, 44, won the 2008 PGA Championship but has missed the cut the past three years.
Assuming no more weather delays, Walker and Streb, wherever they stand on the leaderboard at that time, will tee off in the last group of the final round at 3:25 p.m.
Rain began a short time later and did not relent through the day.
Westwood was one under par at the halfway stage and eight shots behind joint leaders Jimmy Walker and Robert Streb, who had both equalled the lowest halfway total in US PGA history of 131.
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.
Top-ranked defending champion Jason Day of Australia, only two shots back of U.S. co-leaders Jimmy Walker and Robert Streb, and British Open champion Henrik Stenson, who sat three adrift, were among those unable to tee off due to unsafe weather.
Rory McIlroy missed the cut at the PGA Championship.
Sweden’s Stenson, coming off his first major title two weeks ago at the British Open, was fifth on 134 with Germany’s Kaymer, the 2010 PGA Championship and 2014 US Open victor, another stroke back with Americans Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed.
Pensacola resident Bubba Watson made gains on the front nine of his third round at the 2016 PGA Championship.
All this rain at Baltusrol Golf Club might be causing some scheduling headaches but there is one bright side to it.
Players just missing the cut included former No. 1 Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland (74-69) and Luke Donald of England (72-71), while U.S. Open victor Dustin Johnson (77-72) tied for 142nd in a 156-man field that included 20 teaching pros. I played very tentative today and I needed to get a couple under par so that I wasn’t looking at the cutline, I was looking at going forward.
Three of the easiest holes this week based on score average – 18, where players are averaging 4.606 strokes, the par-4 14th (3.907 strokes), and the par-5 17th (4.926 strokes) – are on the back nine. He could be in contention heading into the final round with wind and rain in the forecast over the weekend.
The PGA of America was hoping to complete the tournament Sunday but the local weather forecast called for a better than 50 percent chance of rain during the day.
There was a Monday finish the last time the PGA Championships was held in Baltusrol in 2005, when the victor was Phil Mickelson.
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Two-time major victor Martin Kaymer was one shot behind, and British Open champion Henrik Stenson was two shots back.
