Nearly five hours was lost on day three of the $9.8m event due to heavy rain and also the cotinuing threat of thunderstorms forcing officials in continuing to have to reschedule an intended restart.
Round three of the Valero Texas Open was first suspended at 12:51 p.m. local San Antonio time due to storm systems in the area around TPC San Antonio.
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Electricity was detected in the area, leading to the initial suspension.
Rain continued to hang over the course for the next six hours, eventually leading to the decision to suspend play for the day just before 6 p.m. local time.
At day’s end, more than an inch of rain had fallen on Saturday to further saturate the host Oaks course and this after rain delays on both Thursday and Friday.
“The golf course just can’t take anymore,” said PGA Tour Chief Referee Ken Tackett.
“We’re already over an inch of rain. The prediction was somewhere around a quarter.
“We thought the front was going to come through quickly and we would be playing golf in the afternoon. Unfortunately, the system has stalled out on us and we continue to get these heavy showers with some embedded lightning.”
All 70 players who made the halfway cut managed to tee-off on golf’s traditional ‘moving day’ but none got any futher than 14 completed holes and managed by four players including the England duo of Matt allace and Marco Penge.
MacIntyre and Aberg had played just six holes when the siren sounded to halt play.
Both players are seeking to win for a third occasion on the PGA Tour and with MacIntyre heading into day three leading by four shots from his double European Ryder Cup winning team-mate in Aberg.
Aberg quickly made his intentions known, birdieing the opening two holes to cut the deficit to just two for MacIntyre to be at 15-under and the young Swede at 13-under.
Each played birdied the fifth and posted pars at the sixth when the siren sounded, so it will be the par-3 seventh hole play will restart for the duo at 8.45am Easter Sunday local time.
Final-round tee times are scheduled for approximately 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. off split tees and groups will not be re-paired following the third round.
Five of the nine players who currently sit 10-under or better have not yet qualified for next week’s Masters Tournament: Matt Wallace (T3/-11), Ryo Hisatsune (T3/-11), Chris Kirk (T5/-10), Chandler Phillips (T5/-10), Tony Finau (T5/-10).
The last spot in the Masters Tournament is available to the winner of the Valero Texas Open if not otherwise qualified.
Three of the last six winners of the Valero Texas Open qualified for the Masters Tournament with their victory (2019/Corey Conners, 2022/J.J. Spaun, 2024/Akshay Bhatia).
MacIntyre, as earlier reported earlier in the week by GolfByTourMiss, is looking to also become the third leftie in succession to capture the Valero Texas Open.
Easter Sunday’s San Antonio forecast shows a 30% chance of more rain while there’s been no talk of a Monday finish should play continued to be halted.
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