Scottie Scheffler held a one-shot lead over Collin Morikawa within the last spherical of the Vacationers Championship as lightning and torrential rain halted proceedings at TPC River Highlands, with the world No 1 5 holes away from victory.
Scheffler had began the day one shot again of overnight-leader Viktor Hovland, who’s out to safe his eighth PGA Tour victory and his first in 15 months.
However the Norwegian appeared to wilt beneath the strain, regardless of an imperious opening three rounds, with Hovland beginning with a bogey on the primary, after discovering the tough together with his tee shot.
Hovland settled, making par on the subsequent 4 holes, earlier than mixing in three bogeys and three birdies to fall again off the tempo to 19 beneath earlier than the klaxons sounded.
A chasing pack of gamers mounted a cost on the leaderboard, with Morikawa taking pictures a career-low rating of 61 to make up 9 pictures on the leaders and tie Scheffler at 20 beneath to take the clubhouse lead.
Like Hovland, world No 1 Scheffler additionally stuttered on his entrance 9. Regardless of making a birdie on the fourth gap, he struggled to empty putts early on, and failed to avoid wasting par on the seventh after lacking the inexperienced in method.
The four-time main winner, who’s out to win his second PGA Tour title of the season, hit again with birdies on holes 10 and 13 to take a one-shot lead over Morikawa because the skies turned gray and the gamers had been escorted off the course.
US Open champion Wyndham Clark additionally loved an amazing spherical, posting six birdies to maneuver to 19 beneath by 14 holes, whereas England’s Matt Fitzpatrick additionally rose to inside three pictures of Scheffler, with seven birdies and two bogeys, with three holes nonetheless to finish.
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