Player Championship: Storms and Lightning Suspens the tense final round

The fans are walking near Clubhouse during the end of the golf tournament of the player championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. - Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP — The fans are walking near Clubhouse during the end of the golf tournament of the player championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. – Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

A final round fascinating by The player championship It was suspended on Sunday due to lightning in the area of Florida.

Tee Times had been pushed before In an attempt to conclude the emblematic event of the PGA Tour before the arrival of the storms received, however, the game was stopped at 13:15 et (17:15 GMT) after the rain and Thundirclaps started at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach.

The fans were “encouraged to get out of spaces for their safety,” the tour organizers said in a statementwith PGA Tour Communications adding in a post On X that the lightning in the area was the reason for the game suspension.

The violent tornadoes threw themselves in the middle of the west and south of the US as part of a major storm that had left at least 35 dead On Friday, with over 60 million people under threat to severe storms Sunday from Pennsylvania to Florida, as the larger system changes to the east.

PGA Tour forecast storms to reach the stadium course between 15 and 17:00 and subsequently sent the first game groups to 8:00 ET, just over three and a half hours earlier than the beginning time of last year, to avoid a first Monday foundation of 2022.

The final round is expected to resume on Sunday after -the organizers of the tournament said In a statement at 2:44 pm et

No. World 2 Rory Mcilroy Drive the tournament after completing 11 holes before being suspended, with the American JJ Spaun One Shut – and a hole – behind.

Mcilroy kept a single shot before the game was subjected. - Richard Heathcote/Getty Images — Mcilroy kept a single shot before the game was subjected. – Richard Heathcote/Getty Images

Mcilroy from the Northern Ireland has made a Birdie-Aagle-Aagle begin to hunt the 54 spa-holes leader, which number 57-world-to-the-world to become the smallest player to win the 2017 tour.

A trio-American of Tom Hoge, Akshay Bhatia and Danny Walker are just two strokes behind the 2019 Mcilroy champion.

Although Hoge remained only a hole to be complete, Bhatia, 23, and Walker no. 284 Mondial- who secured his place on the ground before leaving on Thursday after Jason Day withdrew – It will have many opportunities to close the leak with six holes left.

A $ 4.5 million winner’s reduction in a dollars’ purse is waiting for the champion.

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