A little bit after 3:00 p.m. ET, the United States Golf Association (USGA) suspended play on the U.S. Senior Open as harmful storms rolled into the Newport, Rhode Island space.
Tournament officers tried to get forward of the climate, scheduling closing spherical tee occasions to start at 8:20 a.m. ET. But fog delayed play by two hours, placing the sphere in Mother Nature’s fingers.
The USGA additionally hoped to renew the ultimate spherical on Sunday, however storms dampened the course, and humid circumstances referred to as for extra thundershowers later within the night. As a consequence, the USGA referred to as the shot to restart the ultimate spherical on Monday morning, however an official beginning time is TBD. The forecast requires extra rain in Rhode Island on Monday afternoon.
Hiroyuki Fujita holds a three-shot lead over LIV Golf’s Richard Bland, as Fujita sits at 16-under. Richard Green is 12-under, whereas Steve Stricker, the 2019 U.S. Senior Open champion, is at 11-under.
Players confronted difficult circumstances in the course of the closing spherical as a stiff breeze blew off the Atlantic Ocean and throughout Newport Country Club. But the one contender who thrived on Sunday was Bland, who received the Senior PGA Championship final month at Harbor Shores in Michigan. Bland birdied his first three holes to soar into rivalry and was 4-under by way of 10 holes when officers referred to as gamers off the golf course. He owned the most effective rounds on Sunday, as solely Ernie Els had a greater day. The South African is 5-under by way of 15 holes however 10 again of Fujita.
The leaderboard follows beneath:
1. Hiroyuki Fujita -16 (10)
2. Richard Bland -13 (10)
3. Richard Green -12 (10)
4. Steve Stricker -10 (10)
T5. Vijay Singh -7 (15)
T5. Paul Stankowski -7 (10)
T5. Bob Estes -7 (10)
T8. Ernie Els -6 (15)
T8. Stephen Ames -6 (14)
T8. Thongchai Jaidee -6 (12)
T11. Padraig Harrington -5 (14)
T11. Y.E. Yang -5 (12)
T11. Steven Alker -5 (11)
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