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FROM THE TOURNAMENT PLAYERS' CHAMPIONSHIP
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UPDATE II: Play resumed at 5:57 p.m (Florida time).
 
UPDATE: The threat of severe weather has subsided and tournament officials have announced that play will resume at 6 p.m. ET. The range will open at 5:25 p.m.
 
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida -- A band of approaching thunderstorms and lightning in the area has prompted US PGA Tour officials to suspend play during Saturday's third round of THE PLAYERS Championship.
The horn sounded at 4:09 p.m. Florida time with the final group of Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods playing the seventh hole. Players are being taken back to the clubhouse, which means it could be a significant delay.
"A line of thunderstorms storms popped up with the afternoon heat," Vice President of Rules Mark Russell said. "We knew this was coming, and we're hopeful we can get players back on the golf course but we're going to be down a while."
Added PGA TOUR meteorologist Wade Stetner: "There's a line of thunderstorms coming through and there's a system behaind that as well. This is only an estimate, but we're looking at 2 hours or more."
Henrik Stenson, the 2009 PLAYERS champ, is the current leader at 11 under. He is 2 under on his round, having just hit his tee shot at the ninth hole before the horn blew.
Garcia and Woods are at 10 under and tied for second.
Jeff Maggert is the clubhouse leader at 9 under after shooting a 6-under 66 on Saturday.
Saturday's forecast had called for a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, with the highest possibility between 2-6 p.m. ET. A similar forecast exists for Sunday.
This is the second rain delay since THE PLAYERS was moved from March to May.
St. John's County, which is where Ponte Vedra Beach is located, is under a severe thunderstorm warning until 5 p.m. The main threats are lightning, downpours and wind gusts between 50-60 mph.
Check out the contenders

By Helen Ross, PGATOUR.COM
The top three players on the leaderboard during the rain-delayed third round of THE PLAYERS Championship all know what it takes to win at TPC Sawgrass.
Henrik Stenson, who won in 2009, is 11 under and one stroke ahead of the 2008 champ, Sergio Garcia, and Tiger Woods, the 2001 winner. While we wait out the weather, let's take a look at the contenders:
Stenson: He just hit his drive at No. 9. He's playing very well, making birdies on the fourth and sixth holes and the Swede hasn't made a bogey in his last 17.
Garcia: He's hit five fairways and five greens on Saturday but he's already used 10 putts in six holes. He lost the lead when he sent his second shot well right into the trees at the par-5 second hole on the way to a bogey.
Woods: He drove left into the trees on the second hole but recovered better that Garcia and made a 9-footer for birdie that briefly gave him the lead alone. He fell back to 10 under, though, with a three-putt bogey at No. 3 where he missed a 4-footer to save par.
Jeff Maggert: The 49-year-old was likely headed to his hotel room when play was called after posting a solid 66 that could have been better had it not been for a bogey at the 18th hole. He's 9 under and should be well-rested for the final round. He's finished third at THE PLAYERS twice during his career.
Marc Leishman: The Aussie, who has top-10s in his last two starts, including a tie for fourth at the Masters, returns to a 46-foot eagle putt at the 11th hole. He birdied three of his first four holes to jump up the leaderboard and is tied with Maggert.
David Lingmerth: The PGA TOUR rookie has yet to tee off at the 10th hole. He's only hit three fairways but managed to find seven of nine greens while making three birdies and two bogeys on the front nine.

Maggert turns back the clock

By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Eight years ago, Fred Funk made history by becoming the oldest player to win THE PLAYERS Championship at 48 years, 9 months and 14 days.
Sunday, Jeff Maggert has a chance to eclipse that.
Maggert, who turned 49 on Feb. 20 of this year, shot a 6-under 66 Saturday, coming within one of matching his career-low at TPC Sawgrass.
He'll enter Sunday within reach of the lead at 9 under with 18 holes to go.
Asked what his expectations were coming into the week, Maggert joked, "To make the cut."
"I'm still very competitive on the inside and want to play well every week, but it's just tough, just trying to keep it together and keep your health in good shape," he continued. "One week my wrist hurts, the next week my shoulder hurts, so I'm working my way through it."
Maggert came into this week without so much as a top 25 on his resume this season, and he'd broken 70 just once in his last 24 rounds.
Saturday, however, he was spectacular, going out in 31 and charging up the leaderboard after five birdies in a seven-hole stretch on the front nine.
Maggert added two more on Nos. 10 and 16 before making his lone bogey of the day on the final hole, where he missed the green left then hit his bunker shot across the green.
He also needed just 22 putts.
In 19 previous appearances in THE PLAYERS, Maggert has just two top 10s -- both third-place finishes in 1994 and 2000. His best career score here was a 65 in the opening round in 1994.
Can he see himself winning?
"That's why I'm here," said Maggert, who came into the week fourth in driving accuracy and 40th in greens in regulation. "We've still got that in our blood. This course in particular probably really suits my style of game at this point in my career. I feel I can come out and hit the ball well and shoot a good score."

O'NEIL SHARES LEAD IN IRISH OPEN AMATEUR AT WINDY DUBLIN

                       CONOR O'NEIL in action. Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency

First round leader Graeme "Ace" Robertson blew up with a second-round 81 - 12 strokes more than he took on Friday - to drop out of the picture but another Scot, 20-year-old Conor O'Neil (Pollok) kept the Saltire flying at the top of the leaderboard

on the second day of the Irish men's open amateur stroke-play golf championship at

a still very windy Royal Dublin Golf Club links.

O'Neil posted a 73 for 145 to figure in a halfway tie for the lead with Irishmen Aaron Kearney, Robbie Cannon and Jack Hume.

O'Neil was smartly into his stride with an eagle at the second and a birdie at the third

he was just about blown over when the wind suddenly rose to gale-force when he was at the seventh.

He dropped four shots over the next three holes before settling down again to par from 10 to the 16th. He birdied the 17th and would have been the leader on his own but for a three-putt bogey at the last.

Scott Borrowman (Dollar) had a very good 71 - the best score by anyone on a day when all four seasons were experienced (plus a very strong wind) - to climb up to 149, one shot ahead of the deposed leader Robertson who had rounds of 69-81 for 150.
If Graeme was "lucky" to get a hole in one on Friday, he could claim he was unlucky to run up three double bogeys, two on his outward half.
Six Scots figured among those players with totals of 152 and better who qualified for Sunday's final 36 holes - O'Neil, Borrowman, Robertson, Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle), 76 for 150, Ewan Scott (St Andrews) 75 for 151 and Jack McDonald (Kilmanrock Barassie) 80 for 152.

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REPORT ON THE IRISH GOLF UNION WEBSITE
AND TEE TIMES FOR SUNDAY

HALFWAY LEADERBOARD
Par 144 (2x72) CSS 75 77
Players from Ireland unless stated
145 Aaron Kearney 70 75, Robbie Cannon 70 75, Jack Hume 71 74, Conor O'Neil (Pollok) 72 74.
146 Jamie Rutherford (Eng) 71 75.
147 Matt Kippen (Eng) 72 75, Robin Dawson 72 75, Robert McNamara 73 74.

OTHER SCOTS' SCORES:
149 Scott Borrowman (Dollar) 78 71 (T11).
150 Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) 69 81, Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 74 76 (T22).
151 Ewan Scott (St Andrews) 75 76 (T26)
152 Jack McDonald (Kimanrock Barassie) 72 80 (T32).

MISSED THE CUT
155 Fraser McKenna (Balmore) 80 75, Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) 77 78, Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 74 81.
156 Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar) 79 77, Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) 79 79, Neil Henderson (Renaissance) 75 81.
157 James Hendrick (Pollok) 77 80, Ross Bell (Downfield) 80 77.
158 Jamie Savage (Cawder) 75 83.
159 James White (Lundin) 77 82
160 James Ross (Royal Burgess) 81 79.
161 Malcolm Pennycott (Isle of Arran) 83 78.

FROM THE IRISH GOLF UNION WEBSITE

A four-way tie at the halfway stage of the Irish Amateur Open sees Ireland’s Jack Hume, Aaron Kearney and Robbie Cannon share the lead with Scotland’s Conor O’Neill.

Wind, rain, hail and sunshine dominated on a day when only one player, Scott Borrowman from Dollar, broke the par of 72, with the Scot carding a one-under par 71. 

Hume, who was runner up in the prestigious Lytham Trophy last weekend, played his front nine in a score of 2 over par heading into the back nine here at Royal Dublin. 

A double bogey at the hardest hole on the course, the tough index one par 4 tenth gave him a poor start to the tough back nine here at the Dollymount links but birdies on holes 11 and 14 helped him steady the ship and no more dropped shots left the Rathsallagh club member in a share of the lead. 

Cannon and Kearney both shot rounds of 75 while Conor O’Neill signed for a 73.

Overnight leader Graeme Robertson, who led at three-under par, suffered a nightmare on the front nine of his second round, with two double bogeys and one more on the back nine, leaving him to come home with an 81 to lie on six-over par, five shots off the lead.

Defending champion Gavin Moynihan is not out of contention, and a solid 73 in the second round leaves him just four behind.

Play commences just before 7am on Sunday, with the top 40 and ties hoping to emulate the likes of Padraig Harrington and Louis Oosthuizen (and a few Scots besides!) and become Irish Amateur Open champion.

 

ALL THE SECOND-ROUND TOTALS 

Par 144 (2x72)

145 C O'Neill (Scotland) 72 73, J Hume (Rathsallagh) 71 74, A Kearney (Castlerock) 70 75, R Cannon (Balbriggan) 70 75

146 J Rutherford (England) 71 75

147 R McNamara (Headfort) 73 74, R Dawson (Faithlegg) 72 75, M Kippen (England) 72 75

148 M Morrissey (Mount Wolseley) 75 73, C Campbell (Warrenpoint) 72 76

149 S Borrowman (Scotland) 78 71, G Lenehan (Portmarnock) 76 73, D McElroy (Ballymena) 76 73, G Moynihan (The Island) 76 73, H Diamond (Belvoir Park) 76 73, R O'Donovan (Lucan) 76 73, K Le Blanc (The Island) 73 76, C Sharvin (Ardglass) 72 77, S Healy (Claremorris) 71 78, P Murray (Limerick) 71 78, J Fox (Portmarnock) 71 78

150 S Binning (Scotland) 74 76, S O'Hara (Co. Sligo) 74 76, P McBride (The Island) 74 76, G Robertson (Scotland) 69 81

151 D O'Donovan (Muskerry) 79 72, S Flanagan (Co. Sligo) 79 72, C Geraghty (Laytown and Bettystown) 76 75, N Kimsey (England) 76 75, E Scott (Scotland) 75 76, T McLarnon (Massereene) 74 77

152 J Shufflebotham (Wales) 77 75, R Arnorsson (Iceland) 76 76, G McGrane (The Royal Dublin) 76 76, J Greene (Carlow) 76 76, T Bakker (Finland) 75 77, W Jones (Wales) 75 77, M McAlpin (Royal Portrush) 75 77, R Connolly (Rathsallagh) 75 77, S Moran (Carton House) 73 79, R Bridges (Stackstown) 73 79, J McDonald (Scotland) 72 80, N Grant (Knock) 71 81

 

MISSED THE CUT

153 C McKenna (Mallow) 79 74, S Ward (Co. Louth) 77 76, M Shanahan (Castlemartyr) 76 77, E Smith (Ardee) 74 79, G Bohill (Co. Louth) 71 82

154 D Barry (Mahon) 80 74, J Lyons (Galway) 80 74, C Fairweather (Knock) 76 78, E O'Keeffe (Corrstown) 75 79, A Hogan (Newlands) 74 80

155 M Killen (England) 81 74, R Whitson (Mourne) 80 75, F McKenna (Scotland) 80 75, E Arthurs (Forrest Little) 79 76, A Purdy (Ballyclare) 79 76, B Best (Rathmore) 78 77, G Stevenson (Scotland) 77 78, A Dunton (Scotland) 74 81, S Grehan (Tullamore) 74 81

156 G Collins (Rosslare) 81 75, J Yates (Naas) 80 76, A Culverwell (Scotland) 79 77, L Ruuska (Finland) 78 78, P Kelly (England) 78 78, C Doran (Banbridge) 78 78, M Clark (Scotland) 77 79, P Coughlan (Moate) 77 79, P Spraggs (England) 77 79, N Henderson (Scotland) 75 81, G McDermott (Co. Sligo) 74 82, K Holmes (England) 74 82, B Casey (Headfort) 74 82

157 R Bell (Scotland) 80 77, S Ryan (The Royal Dublin) 79 78, D Holland (Castle) 79 78, K Lynch (Skibbereen/NUIM) 78 79, S O'Connor (Luttrellstown Castle) 77 80, J Hendrick (Scotland) 77 80, N Raymond (England) 73 84

158 G Costa (Portugal) 83 75, J Sugrue (Mallow) 80 78, K McCarthy (Kinsale) 79 79, S McGlynn (Carton House) 79 79, G Pinto (Portugal) 79 79, J Savage (Scotland) 75 83

159 I Lynch (Rosslare) 84 75, J Carlota (Portugal) 83 76, S Walsh (Portmarnock) 81 78, S Davidson (Italy) 80 79, R Lester (Hermitage) 80 79, C Drumm (Rosslare) 80 79, B Daly (Edmondstown) 78 81, M Sinclair (Knock) 78 81, G Lappin (Belvoir Park) 77 82, J White (Scotland) 77 82, M Gaspar (Portugal) 76 83

160 S Bryan (Delgany) 82 78, A Verschaeren (Luxembourg) 81 79, J Ross (Scotland) 81 79

161 M Pennycott (Scotland) 83 78, M Kane (Whitehead) 82 79, W Hanna (Kilkeel) 81 80, D O'Neill (Carton House) 80 81, J Kukkonen (Finland) 79 82, R Gardarsson (Iceland) 78 83

162 S Hogan (Nenagh) 82 80, I Brennan (Greenore) 82 80, H Coyne (Carton House) 81 81

163 S Carter (Stackstown/NUIM) 85 78, L McMillan (Carton House) 83 80, L Sandvoll (Norway) 79 84

165 J Arnoy (Norway) 85 80, N Foley (The Island) 83 82

167 T Toivonen (Finland) 82 85, G McKenna (Fortwilliam) 80 87

 

NR G Lawlor (Newbridge) 77 NR

 

CSS  Rd 1 – 75

 Rd 2 – 77 

 

 

Draw for Rounds 3 & 4

06:55/12:10 N Grant (Knock), J McDonald (Sco)

07:05/12:20 R Bridges (Stackstown), S Moran (Carton House)

07:15/12:30 R Connolly (Rathsallagh), M McAlpin (R’yal P’rush), W Jones (Wal)

07:25/12:40 T Bakker (Fin), J Greene (Carlow), G McGrane (Ryl Dub)

07:35/12:50 R Arnorsson (Ice), J Shufflebotham (Wal), T McLarnon (M’reene)

07:45/13:00 E Scott (Sco), N Kimsey (Eng), C Geraghty (L&B)

07:55/13:10 S Flanagan (Co. Sligo), D O'Donovan (Muskerry), G Robertson (Sco)

08:05/13:20 P McBride (The Island), S O'Hara (Co. Sligo), S Binning (Sco)

08:15/13:30 J Fox (Portmarnock), P Murray (Limerick), S Healy (Claremorris)

08:25/13:40 C Sharvin (Ardglass), K Le Blanc (The Island), R O'Donovan (Lucan)

08:35/13:50 H Diamond (Belvoir Park), G Moynihan (The Island), D McElroy (Ballymena)

08:45/14:00 G Lenehan (Portmarnock), S Borrowman (Sco), C Campbell (W’point)

08:55/14:10 M Morrissey (Mount Wolseley), M Kippen (Eng), R Dawson (Faithlegg)

09:05/14:20 R McNamara (Headfort), J Rutherford (Eng), R Cannon (Balbriggan)

09:15/14:30 A Kearney (Castlerock), Jack Hume (Rathsallagh), C O'Neill (Sco)

 

JORDYN RHIND LEADS BY TWO AT HALFWAY IN GOLF DATA LAB SCOTTISH YOUTHS

 Jordyn Rhind (Kingsfield) is hot on the trail of following in brother Lee's footsteps as winner of a national golf title.
He leads by two shots at the halfway stage of the Golf Data Lab Scottish youths championship which will end with two rounds at Lanark Golf Club on Sunday.
Daniel Eardley (Liberton), overnight leader after the first round, slumped from a two-under 68 to a nine-over 79 in his second circuit.

Eardley had double bogeys at the fourth and 10th on his way to a halfway total of 147 - seven behind Jordyn Rhind.
Brother Lee won the Scottish boys' stroke play title in 1997 at Downfield.

Jordyn posted a second-round 71, despite a double bogey 6 at the 13th. Birdies at the first, fourth and 12th helped to repair the damage.

Rhind, with a level par tally of 140, leads the 44 players with aggregates of 150 or better who qualify to contest the final 36 holes on Sunday.
Cawder's Craig Chalmers is one of the group sharing second place on 142. He followed up his opening 69 with a 73.
Two more Scots - Jordan Milne (Elgin) and Charlie MacNeal (Prestwick) are mong those on the 143 mark so a fair chance that the title and trophy will stay in Scotland. 
Paul Lawrie's son Craig Lawrie (Deeside) had three double bogeys - at the fourth, 14th and 15th, in compiling a 76 for 147 which qualified with ease in the end.

So too did Lyle McAlpine (Royal Dornoch), winner of the title two years ago. He had a 77 for 149, which looked at one stage like being one shot too many but the scores rose at the afternoon progressed.

QUALIFIERS

Par 140 (2x70) CSS 73 74

140 Jordyn Rhind (Kingsfield) 69 71.

142 Antii Lassila (Fin), Craig Chalmers (Cawder) 69 73, Mike Bullen (Worthing) 72 70, Joey Lamb (Wilpshire) 71 71.

143 Nigel Colbeck (Cleckheaton) 73 70, Kristian Kulokorpi (Fin) 71 72, Jordan Milne (Elgin) 71 72, Charlie MacNeal (Prestwick) 71 72.
144 Connor Syme (Dumfries and Co) 71 73

145 James Steven (Bothwell Cast,e) 74 71, Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden) 75 70, Edward Holland (Hartley Wintney) 73 72, Robert MacIntyre (Glencruitten) 72 73, George Burns (Williamwood) 75 70.

146 Andrew Davidson (Charleton) 70 76.

147 Daniel Eardley (Liberton) 69 79, Craig Lawrie (Deeside) 71 76, Michael Bacigalupo (Longniddry) 72 75, Calum Hill (Tantallon) 74 73..

148 Jake Scott (Duff House Royal) 73 75, Oliver Roberts (Hong Kong) 73 75, Ben Kinsley (St Andrews) 73 75, Rory Tinker (Strathmore4) 73 75, David Wilson (Troon Welbeck) 72 76, Willem Kerr (Craigielaw) 73 75.

149 Vitek Novak (Cze) 75 74, Sean Blinkhorn (Southport and Ainsdale) 74 75, Euan Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie) 75 74, Fraser Johnston (Longniddry) 72 77, Oliver Sheeran (Bothwell Castle) 72 77, Craig Ross (Kirkhill) 71 78, Lyle McAlpine (Royal Dornoch) 72 77, Angus Carrick (Douglas Park) 76 73, Louis Tomlinson (West Lancs) 75 74, Jamie Sutherland (Galgorm Castle) 72 77, Connar Cook (Caird Park) 74 75.

150 Simon Fairburn (Torwoodlee) 72 78, Mark Keevil (Cumberwell Park) 76 74, Callum McNeill (Lauder) 76 74, Ryan Campbell (Falkirk) 74 76, Cameron Kirkwood (Beasden) 74 76, Kerr Baptie (Duff House Royal) 74 76, Calum Fyfe (Cawder) 72 78

MISSED THE CUT

151 Anthony Blaney (Liberton) 75 76, Alan Waugh (Cowglen) 75 76, Jack Harling (Banchory) 73 78, Christopher MacLean (Clydebank and Dist) 74 77, Alasdair Simpson (North Berwick) 77 74, Graeme Duncan (Shotts) 74 77, Dominic Moon (Rotherham) 76 75, Michael Hirmer (Ger0 74 77.

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