Weather hits US Tour School but J P Hayes

has clubhouse lead after a nine-under 63

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J P Hayes posted a nine-under-par 63 on the Links Course at Bear Lakes Country Club, West Palm Beach, Florida to move into the clubhouse lead after his third round at the weather-interrupted US PGA Tour Final Qualifying School.
He is currently tied at 12 under with first- and second-round leader Troy Merritt, who will return on Saturday with two holes remaining to complete his round.
Graham DeLaet and Brendan Pappas are one back at 11-under 205.
Heavy rain showers forced a suspension of play from 9:07 a.m. until 10:38 a.m. A dangerous weather situation at 4:05 p.m. then forced the suspension of play for the remainder of the day, with play being called at 4:20 p.m.
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The fourth round will begin at 7:30 am (local time) Saturday, with the third round resuming at 9:00 a.m. Pairings and tee times for the fourth round will remain the same as they were for the third round, however the players will switch courses.
A total of 20 players failed to finish the third round, with 12 on the Links Course and eight on the Lakes.
Rickie Fowler flirted with a 59 on Friday, sitting at 10 under through 13 holes at the par-72 Links Course, but finished bogey-double bogey-bogey-par on his last four holes to post 6-under 66. He is at 8 under and currently tied for 13th place.
When the third round was suspended, Barrett Jarosch continued to lead the field with 20 birdies, two ahead of Scott Stallings. Jarosch (73-66-68) is currently tied for ninth.
Hayes' 63 was the low round of the day on the Links Course. Tommy Gainey also carded a 63 for the low round on the Lakes Course, and jumped 86 spots from a tie for 147th to a tie for 61st.
David Duval (71-73-69), making his first Final Stage appearance since 1993, posted a 3-under 69 on Friday at the Links Course to move to 3 under and tied for 36th through three rounds.
Sunny Kim (20 years, 8 months, 10 days) is the youngest player in the field, followed by Rickie Fowler (20 years, 11 months, 21 days).
Four players made 2s on a par-4 hole on Friday, all on the Links Course: Brian Stuard (No. 3), Brandt Jobe (No. 9), Chris Riley (No. 10) and Ray Beaufils (No. 12).
Joe Affrunti (71) had a hole-in-one on the Lakes Course at the par-3, 218-yard 13th hole.
Of the 170-man field, Esteban Toledo has the most appearances at final stage since 1990, with 12 starts. He is tied for 50th after rounds of 76-69-69. Toledo is coming off of a 29th-place finish on the Nationwide Tour money list. Next on the list (and in the field) with 11 starts at the Q-School finals since 1990 are Jeff Brehaut and Vance Veazey.
Three past Q-School medalists are participating this week at Bear Lakes, including 2003 winner Mathias Gronberg (tied for 61st), 2002 champion Jeff Brehaut (tied for 23rd) and 1992 co-medalist Skip Kendall (tied for 104th).
The top 25 players and ties at the conclusion of the tournament will receive 2010 PGA Tour cards, while the next number of players nearest 50 will receive full status on the Nationwide Tour. All remaining players will have conditional status on the Nationwide Tour in 2010.
THIRD-ROUND CLUBHOUSE TOTALS
+Several players still to complete third round
Par 216 (3x72)
204 J P Hayes 74 67 63.
205 Graham Delaet 70 71 64, Brenden Pappas 72 68 65.
206 Joe Ogilvie 73 69 64, Billy Horschel 69 70 67.
207 Chris Riley 71 71 65, Barrett Jarosch 73 66 68, Michael Connell 71 67 69.
208 Scott Stallings 73 69 66, Rickie Fowler 74 68 66.