GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) It's been three decades seeing that Sergio Garcia's final PGA Tour victory. He'll have to be able to hold out just one a lot more time previous to he is able to try to finish this one off.
And a downpour for the Wyndham Championship meant yet another time regarding doubt for other people for the playoff bubble.
Garcia had the cause from 15 beneath by way of a number of pockets Sunday once the final circular in the continue event ahead of the FedEx Cup playoffs ended up being halted to the evening owing to large rain.
Tim Clark, Jason Dufner and Bud Cauley ended up 14 underneath through ranging periods of the rounds, and 38 people 50 percent the field had been even now around the study course as soon as have fun with had been stopped.
After holding out around couple of hours, 20 minutes, officials chose to deliver these people returning to Sedgefield Country Club with being unfaithful a.m. Monday to overhead a champ as well as physique out that qualifies to the playoffs and who doesn't. It would be the first Monday finish off in Greensboro seeing that 1983.
Tour officials explained additional compared to 2 inches width associated with bad weather droped about the study course considering that Saturday night time in addition to Mark Russell, the actual tour's vice president of regulations and also competition, said your fifteenth hole grew to be "unplayable."
The stoppage emerged at 3:10 p.m. if your showers picked out up, along with them has been supposed to be simply a brief delay, using the players primarily lodging about the course. Officials reversed which decision along with brought all of them from a short while later.
Then, when the primarily publicised restart time frame associated with five p.m. was delivered to come back 2 times earliest that will 5:30 p.m., then a few p.m. the item achieved it effectively extremely hard to the final partnering in order to complete age 14 holes from the roughly 2 a long time of outstanding daylight in addition to certain a new Monday finish.
The judgement to help hang stuff ended up being publicised at 5:28 p.m.
"It commenced raining as well as simply would stop. The golf course got a chance to the position where by it was saturated," Russell said. "We have to a point wherever many of us knew we could not complete . thus we all made a decision that individuals will let it drain tonight, come back each morning and become constantly in place that will application participate in at 9 o'clock."
Clark, who going the afternoon your action at the rear of Garcia soon after allowing one or two birdie chances receive away late within the third round, birdied a pair of with his / her primary four pockets to complement Garcia during 15 under. A bogey around the par-5 fifth by far the most usually eagled hole to the lessons fallen your ex again your stroke, and he was in that fairway on No. 6 should the rainfall delay came.
"Obviously, we'd most of such as to keep playing," Clark said. "You enter a new groove released there, in addition to you need to help keep going. But it is going to be exactly the same for all those regarding us. It's merely a daunting situation."
Garcia initiated the morning with age 14 below in addition to acquired three pars plus a birdie about the par-3 third. He had been preparing to get a 40-yard chip when have fun with stopped.
Garcia, who has not picked up on tour because the 2008 Players Championship, in addition desires a new place around the European Ryder Cup team. The 10 programmed qualifiers will be arranged following that Johnny Walker Invitational, having Jose Maria Olazabal generating a couple of captain's picks.
Garcia certainly built a scenario for introduction together with his engage in this kind of week, adhering to his second-round 63 his cheapest round with excursion with ten years with a 66 that will afforded your pet some sort of one-stroke head going into that remaining round.
While Garcia carried on his chase with the spot, additional players were endeavoring to secure a area inside playoffs that will start out subsequently the following week. The top 125 on the things list be entitled to The Barclays at Bethpage Black.
Heath Slocum, exactly who arrived at No. 128, appeared to be at 11 below by way of 13 holes and has been with No. 120 on the believed standings.
Every cerebrovascular event appeared to be crucial intended for Y.E. Yang, who seem to arrived to be able to Greensboro during No. 129 along with necessary a powerful remaining rounded to force his / her way into your postseason. He finished at half a dozen under on a finally straight 69 in addition to was forecasted for you to pass up the actual playoffs with No. 127 when have fun with stopped.
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