PGA Championship 2012: Play Suspended Due To Poor Weather

2012 PGA Championship: Play Suspended, Will Resume Sunday Morning

It's going to be a long Sunday for the field at the PGA Championship. Due to a nasty storm that rolled in midway through Saturday's third round, play has been suspended until Sunday. They're done for the day, and plenty of players are still out on the course.

At the moment, the final pairing is through just seven holes, meaning Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh will have to finish up 11 holes on Sunday morning before even starting their final rounds. Play is expected to resume around 7:45 in the morning, with the final round set to begin around 11:30 a.m. It's unknown whether split tees or threesomes will be used in an effort to get the tournament finished by Sunday evening.

With play suspended, Rory McIlroy and Singh are tied for the lead at 6-under. Adam Scott is one shot back at 5-under and Carl Pettersson is two off the pace at 4-under. Noted golf enthusiast Woods is 3-over for his third round and has fallen back to 1-under for the tournament, five shots off the lead.

It's going to be a grind on Sunday, with many players having to play just about a round and a half. And that's if the weather cooperates after drenching the course and leaving puddles everywhere.

2012 PGA Championship: Weather Delay May Last A While

The 2012 PGA Championship is under a weather suspension and for good reason. Midway through the second round, with the final pairing just about to make the turn, the clouds rolled in. And boy do they look menacing.

Here's a view of the course right now:

Holy crap, PGA Championship hellstorm a-comin'! instagr.am/p/OM8EnCuhev/

— Jay Busbee (@jaybusbee) August 11, 2012

We could be here for a while, waiting for the weather to pass. Throughout the week, the weather has been less than kind to the year's final major and the players competing for the title. Winds have been ridiculous, leading to higher scores and more ridiculous conditions.

But this ... well, this doesn't look good. Those clouds look like something out of a horror film, leading me to believe they're packing a serious punch. Now is probably a good time for everyone to take cover.

It's still unknown when the round will resume. If need be, players may have to finish their third rounds on Sunday morning, making for a long day. But we're still a ways away from seriously considering that topic.

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2012 PGA Championship Leaderboard: Tiger Woods Falters, Rory McIlroy Holds Steady

The third round of the 2012 PGA Championship is about midway through its third round on Saturday, although there is a weather delay in South Carolina. The current leaders remain Rory McIlroy and Vijay Singh, both at 7-under.

McIlroy had gained a one-stroke lead over Singh, but faltered for the first time on Saturday with a bogey on the par-4 ninth hole. Singh is 2-under for the day through seven holes and McIlroy is at 4-under through nine, virtually eliminating his rough 2-over round on Friday.

Adam Scott is also through nine holes and sits alone in third place at 5-under. Odds-on favorite Tiger Woods has dropped into a tie for 11th at 1-under after three tough bogeys through his first seven holes on Saturday.

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Rory McIlroy Hits A 'Tree In One'

PGA Championship 2012: Rory McIlroy, Vijay Singh Share Lead

The third round of the 2012 PGA Championship is now into the afternoon wave, and Rory McIlroy has joined Vijay Singh atop the leaderboard.

After making birdie on his first two holes of the day, McIlroy ran into some tree trouble on his fourth hole after his golf ball embedded in the branch of a very dead tree. He managed to save par, however, and is now at 5-under for the tournament and tied for the lead.

Singh, paired with Tiger Woods in the day's final pairing, has remained consistent early in his round, which includes a birdie on the opening hole.

Woods is having troubles of his own today, having bogeyed his fourth hole to drop to 3-under for the tournament and two shots behind the leaders.

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Don't Picture It, Don't Picture It, Don't Picture It ...

2012 PGA Championship Leaderboard: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy Chase Vijay Singh

Vijay Singh hit birdie on his first hole of Saturday to take the early lead on Day 2 at the 2012 PGA Championship at Ocean Course at Kiawah Island in South Carolina. Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Ian Poulter are all one shot back at 4-under overall. McIlroy is 2-under through four holes, after hitting birdie on his first two holes of the day. Woods is even through three. Poulter birdied No. 3 to make his move within striking distance of Singh.

Carl Pettersson began the day tied for the lead with Woods and Singh, and was the outright leader throughout most of the first two days. A bogey on No. 3 has put him two shots off the lead in the early going, however. He is in a three-way tie for fifth with Aaron Baddeley and Jamie Donaldson.

Steve Stricker finished his day at 5-under to jump 30 spots on the leaderboard. He is currently at 2-under, three shots off the lead. Stricker is tied with David Lynn, who is also at 5-under on the day with one more hole still to play.

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PGA Championship 2012 Leaderboard: Justin Rose, Steve Stricker Charging Up Leaderboard

Unlike Friday, there are plenty of players under par on Saturday morning at Kiawah's Ocean Course. The wind has calmed a bit, slowing from the treacherous 35 MPH gusts on Friday to 15 MPH breezes on Saturday. The PGA of America also set up some more benign pin placements, approximately 12 paces from the edge. As a result, we're seeing many fewer implosions and a couple low numbers on the front side.

Englishman Justin Rose has set the pace, playing the first 10 holes in 5-under par. Rose went out with an impressive 32 to pull within four shots of the lead. He then promptly moved into the red with a birdie on No. 10, and is currently the only player on the course under par for the championship. He has been one of the top players in the world over the past three seasons, and he was a trendy pick to capture his first major this week at Kiawah.

The season's highlight for Rose thus far is a win at the WGC at Doral, edging Bubba Watson. But he has been consistently in contention throughout the summer. He's now entering the most difficult stretch of the course but navigating through the back side in even-par could give him a shot on Sunday.

In addition to Rose, Steve Stricker is making some noise by carding three birdies through the first eight holes to move to even-par. Surprisingly, Stricker did not make his birdies on the easier first two holes but rather converted three of four on holes five through eight.

Stricker is perhaps the best putter in the game, but he's looking to play his way onto the Ryder Cup team this week. He'll almost certainly be a captain's pick (to pair with Tiger Woods) if he does not automatically qualify on points, but the priority now is to make a charge coming in to reserve a late Sunday tee time.

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2012 PGA Championship Leaderboard: Luke Donald, Louis Oosthuizen Try To Make Early Move On Calmer Saturday

The morning wave is out on The Ocean Course for the third round of the 2012 PGA Championship, and conditions appear to be much more favorable than they were during a brutal second round. The PGA also put the pins 12 paces from the edge after the dramatically high scores in the wind on Friday.

While it's still early, only six players are over par as the field tackles the front nine at Pete Dye's seaside classic. Luke Donald briefly held the low mark of the day, moving to 3-under in the third round. But a bogey at No. 11 dropped him back to a host of players who are at 2-under on Saturday. He's still eight shots back of the leaders at 4-over for the championship.

There are certainly plenty of birdie chances coming out of the gate. The scorecard of Thomas Bjorn exemplifies the gettable pin placements that the PGA of America set up. The veteran Dane started his round with four straight red numbers. Unfortunately for Bjorn, he also bogeyed four holes before making the turn after a front nine that remarkably did not include a par.

The conditions on Friday led to a bunching of the field, and with two rounds to play and the forecast calling for less wind, anyone can make a move up the leaderboard into contention. Louis Oosthuizen is trying to make that move and is 3-under through his first 10 holes. Oosthuizen was a trendy pick at the beginning of the week, coming off a solid showing in Akron and possessing one of the sweetest swings in the game. He has yet to make a bogey in the third round, but he now enters the teeth of the course, particularly at No. 13 and No. 14, where there's plenty of opportunities for a big number.

Justin Rose, another trendy pick at Kiawah, is also 3-under through his first seven holes. He is now just 1-over for the week and could be positioning himself for a late Sunday tee time.

The conditions on Kiawah can always promptly change, so it's important for the early tee times to try and post a number while the wind is relatively calm.

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2012 PGA Championship Odds: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy Remain Favorites

The field has been cut in half at The Ocean Course, but the favorites at the beginning of the week remain the same after two blustery days on Kiawah Island. As he almost always does, Tiger Woods entered the season's final major as the favorite. After an impressive round of 71 that moved him into a share of the lead, he's now listed at a heavy 1/1.

Rory McIlroy is second at 13/2 after the Northern Irishman held on to card a 75 in the extremely difficult conditions on Friday. McIlroy is playing in the third-to-last group and his game certainly seems to be rounding into form after a difficult summer. Despite growing up on the links in Europe, McIlroy prefers to play the classic American parklands courses. Kiawah is certainly not that, but it's a links-style course in aesthetics only, as the paspalum grass eliminates the typical low and bump-and-run play you would see in Europe. McIlroy can take advantage of a forecast calling for less windy conditions and can continue to play the ball through the air over the weekend as he tries to capture his second major.

Lurking and well within striking distance are Graeme McDowell and Phil Mickelson. The two veterans are always contenders at the majors, and Mickelson expressed his admiration and affinity for the course layout and conditions on Friday afternoon. The current odds as the third round gets underway, via Bovada:

Tiger Woods 1/1
Rory McIlroy 13/2
Ian Poulter 9/1
Vijay Singh 10/1
Carl Pettersson 11/1
Adam Scott 14/1
Graeme McDowell 25/1
Phil Mickelson 20/1
Aaron Baddeley 33/1
Jamie Donaldson 40/1
Keegan Bradley 40/1
Peter Hanson 50/1
Trevor Immelman 50/1

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PGA Championship 2012: Saturday Tee Times And Pairings

With rounds averaging nearly six hours and Joost Luiten unable to finish before the sun set over the South Carolina coast, tee times for the third round of the PGA Championship were delayed until Saturday morning. But Luiten cleaned up his final hole on Saturday, so play is moving on to the third round with two of the game's greats in the final pairing.

The wind was up on Friday, and Pete Dye's paspalum masterpiece ground down the world's best field as the highest scoring average in PGA Championship history (and highest in a major since the debacle at Shinnecock in '04) was set. There were more rounds in the 90s than there were in the 60s. But Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh held on and posted two of the handful of rounds under par, moving up the board to 4-under as the field tumbled backward.

Aside from Ben Hogan, Singh may be the most legendary workhorse in the history of the game. At age 49, he is still putting in time in the gym and on the range, where he's hit more balls than anyone in his generation. The putter and short game got hot on Friday, and he carded a remarkable 69. He's one of the best ball strikers to ever play, so he was able to manage the wind well. As is always the case with Singh, however, he'll need to keep that anchored flatstick on point to stay in contention.

Tiger Woods, who's also been on a hot streak with the putter since the weekend at Firestone, will be playing alongside Singh. Woods has become reliant on a cut shot, which many predicted would give him trouble at Kiawah, where multiple shot shapes are required. But he navigated the wind and avoided the big number with excellent play around the green. He's improved at each an every major this season, contending on the weekend at both Olympic and Lytham. This could be the week that he finally wins a major again. He'll go off with Singh at 3 p.m. ET.

The paspalum is still soft from all the rain this week, which prevented an all-out catastrophe on Friday. The wind conditions are supposed to be a little more benign over the weekend, so the bunched-up field could see a low number take control.

Here's a complete list of tee times:

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Tiger Woods Holds A Putting Clinic, Shares 36-Hole Lead

Tiger Woods' hot putter cooled off a tad down the stretch in the second round of the PGA Championship. Even with a 3-putt on 18, however, the 14-time major champion heads into the weekend with a share of the lead.

2012 PGA Championship: Notable Names Atop The Leaderboard Heading Into The Weekend

The 2012 PGA Championship continues Saturday with third-round action. Tiger Woods finds himself atop the leaderboard heading into the weekend, tied for the lead at 4-under with Vijay Singh and Carl Pettersson.

Woods shot a 1-under 69 on Friday, one of only four rounds under par on the day. Singh shot the lowest round, vaulting into a share of the lead with a 3-under 67. Woods and Singh aren't the only notable players near the top of the leaderboard. Ian Poulter and Rory McIlroy are also near the lead. Poulter is in fourth place at 3-under while McIlroy is tied for fifth place at 2-under.

Adam Scott struggled some on Friday, shooting a 3-over 73, but he still finds himself in a decent position, tied for seventh place at 1-under overall. Phil Mickelson shot a 1-under 69 on Friday and heads into the weekend four strokes off the lead at even par.

Television coverage of Saturday's third round will begin on TNT from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET. Coverage will then shift to CBS from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET.

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2012 PGA Championship: TV Schedule, Live Updates And More For Saturday

Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh share the top of the leaderboard halfway home at the PGA Championship, for old times' sake. Can either keep their play up and get the win at Kiawah Island?

2012 PGA Championship: Joost Luiten Is Holding Up Tee Times

Wondering why there are no tee times for Saturday's third round of the PGA Championship? It's Joost Luiten's fault. You may not know Luiten -- though he did shoot to the top of the leaderboard on Thursday -- but you'll probably get to know him soon. After all, he's the one holding up play at the moment.

Here's the situation: Luiten, already having a bad day, opted not to play the 18th on Friday. It was getting dark and play was technically suspended for darkness. His playing partners went ahead and finished up their rounds, but Luiten opted not to.

It should be noted that Thomas Aiken, one of his partners, missed the cut but recorded a par on 18. His other playing partner, Alan Morin, was nowhere near making the cut and bogeyed 18.

Luiten was already 5-over for the day by the time he got to 18, so maybe he was hoping to wakeup and try and birdie the hole on Saturday. Or maybe he was just angry. Whatever the case, he didn't want to play. And as a result, his Saturday is kind of going to be a pain in the butt.

Most professionals like to sprint, basically, to get 18 in if play is about to be called for darkness. It's not fun to get up at the crack of dawn to finish a round, only to turn around and play the next round a few hours later. That's time that could be better spent sleeping in.

So here we are, with the second round not technically complete. Luiten is inside the cut line by a comfortable margin, but has to come back and play the 18th at 7:30 a.m. Because his performance will determine the tee times, the PGA Tour can't release them. We do, however, know that Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh will be in the final pairing. Both are tied for the lead at 4-under.