Play resumes at Gamers after four-hour delay

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The Gamers Championship changed into a race in opposition to time on Sunday when thunderstorms halted play proper after Rory McIlroy surged right into a one-shot lead on the again 9.

The PGA Tour stopped play for 4 hours. The ultimate group had not accomplished the eleventh gap earlier than play was suspended, that means just a little greater than two hours could be required to complete. Sundown was projected at 7:34 p.m. ET.

McIlroy, already a winner this 12 months and going for a second title at The Gamers, started the ultimate spherical 4 photographs behind and began birdie-eagle to right away get into the fray. His birdie on the par-5 eleventh gap put him at 12 below.

J.J. Spaun, who had a one-shot lead going into the ultimate day, was 1 over for his spherical and one shot behind McIlroy.

Akshay Bhatia and Tom Hoge had been two photographs behind.

Hoge was 6 below for his spherical and thru all the issues on a windy day. He hit his strategy to only exterior 15 ft on the 18th gap when the horn sounded to cease play. His hope was to publish a goal and see if it could stand.

If storms stayed within the space and there wasn’t sufficient daylight to complete, gamers must return Monday morning to see who captures the $4.5 million prize from golf’s richest match.

Two-time defending champion Scottie Scheffler was seven photographs behind taking part in the sixteenth gap. Scheffler went 15 consecutive holes with no birdie, from the thirteenth gap on Saturday till the eleventh gap on Sunday.

The final time The Gamers needed to end on Monday was in 2022, when Cameron Smith received. Climate was so disruptive that week that the third spherical was not accomplished till Monday morning.