LA JOLLA — Tiger Woods’s pursuit of yet another title at Torrey Pines was put on hold on Saturday, as fog disrupted the third round of the US PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open.
Report by Reuters
Woods, hoping to build on a two-stroke overnight lead, never even got on the course and officials said they expect the $6,1 million tournament to finish today.
The start of the round was delayed for three hours, then suspended after five minutes as fog off the Pacific Ocean rolled in again just after the first groups had teed off at the first and 10th holes of Torrey’s South Course.
“There is nothing we can do about it,” Mark Russell, vice-president of rules and competition for the US tour, said. “Hopefully it gets better and we can play some golf.”
That didn’t happen, and after keeping the players on tap through the afternoon just in case the fog lifted, officials at last announced that the third round would resume today (yesterday).
Although 87 players made the halfway cut, there will be no 54-hole cut. Even before play was officially called off for the day Russell acknowledged that the tournament appeared to be heading toward a Monday finish.
