The day three of the Augusta Masters was suspended at 9:15 pm Spanish peninsular time due to bad weather with the Americans Brooks Koepka leader on the green of hole 7 with 13 under par, followed by the Spaniards Jon Rahm with 9 under par. Play will resume, according to Augusta National’s official statement, this Sunday morning.
Koepka, now enrolled at Saudi LIV Golf but feeling good back on the course, and Rahm, world number 3, opened up a small gap in the amateur classification. sam bennettthird with 6 under par and then with -5 is patrick cantley and Matthew Fitzpatrickboth were at three under par on the day.
With -4 they went with others Jason Day, Justin Rose, Cameron Young and the three-time Green Jacket Phil Mickelson. The world number 1 and defending champion scottie scheffler he is -3 in the top 15. Tiger Woods, who narrowly missed the cut, paid painfully: he is +6 on the day and +9 overall after signing two consecutive double bogeys on the 15th and -16 after sending both balls into the water.
It wasn’t an easy day for any of the 53 players still in contention, and Jon Rahm’s start to this third round was consistent with bad weather conditions even though the Basque held his own.
Par saved on hole 1, eagle opportunity on 2, after a run-out and a good second shot to the middle of the green, normal par on hole 3, and bogeys on 4 and 5, the first after a bad second shot after not . which reaches the green and the second product of three putts from 30 meters. The Basque saved par at 6 and at 7 he had the ball for birdie while Koepka had a compromise putt left to save par. That is, with Jon’s choices to cut two shots from the US Open and PGA double champion.
At that moment, with the 7th green (and others on the course) already showing small puddles of water, and after a discussion with the referee, the siren sounded and the suspension was declared for the rest of the day.
Classification after third round (unfinished, par 72)
1. Brooks Koepka (United States) -13 (65-67 and -1 in the third round after hole 6)
2. Jon Rahm (Spain) -9 (65-69 and +1 in the third round after hole 6)
3. Sam Bennett (United States) -6 (68-68 and +2 in the third round after hole 6)
4. Patrick Cantlay (United States) -5 (71-71 and -3 in the third round after hole 13)
4. Matt Fitzpatrick (England) -5 (70-72 and -3 in the third round after hole 11)
4. Viktor Hovland (Norway) -5 (65-73 and +1 in the third round after hole 7)
4. Collin Morikawa (United States) -5 (69-69 and +1 in the third round after hole 7)
8. Jason Day (Australia) -4 (67-72 and +1 in the third round after hole 7)
8. Russell Henley (United States) -4 (73-67 and par in the third round after the 9th hole)
8. Phil Mickelson (United States) -4 (71-69 and par in the third round after the 9th hole)
8. Joaquín Niemann (Chile) -4 (71-69 and par in the third round after hole 9)
8. Justin Rose (England) -4 (69-71 and par in the third round after hole 9)
8. Cameron Young (United States) -4 (67-72 and +1 in the third round after hole 8)
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14. Scottie Scheffler (United States) -3 (68-75 and -2 in the third round after hole 12)
17. Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) -3 (71-70 and +1 in the third round after hole 11)
17. Jordan Spieth (United States) -2 (69-70 and +3 in the third round after hole 8)
51. Dustin Johnson (United States) +5 (71-72 and +6 in the third round after hole 13)
54. Tiger Woods (United States) +9 (74-73 and +6 in the third round after hole 7)
Source: La Verdad
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