{"id":13667,"date":"2012-08-20T02:59:57","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T00:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/golf-garcia-made-to-wait-until-monday-as-weather-hits-wyndham\/"},"modified":"2012-08-20T02:59:57","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T00:59:57","slug":"golf-garcia-made-to-wait-until-monday-as-weather-hits-wyndham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/golf-garcia-made-to-wait-until-monday-as-weather-hits-wyndham\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf-Garcia made to wait until Monday as weather hits Wyndham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocatio\/spann\">Aug 19 (Reuters) &#8211; Sergio Garcia&#8217;s bid to end his four year<br \/>\nPGA Tour title drought at the Wyndham Championship was<br \/>\ninterrupted by thunderstorms and rain in North Carolina on<br \/>\nSunday, the Spaniard one of a number of players forced to return<br \/>\non Monday to complete their final round.<span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Garcia holds a one-shot lead after playing just four holes<br \/>\nof the final round, sitting at 15-under par for the tournament,<br \/>\none clear of South African Tim Clark (five holes) and Americans<br \/>\nJason Dufner (five holes) and Bud Cauley (four holes) who are<br \/>\n14-under.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sedgefield Country Club was hit with 1.6 inches of rain<br \/>\novernight and light rain continued on Sunday, but play was able<br \/>\nto get underway on time.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, heavy rain hit the area in the late afternoon<br \/>\nforcing 38 players off the course, with 0.6 inches falling<br \/>\nbefore officials decided on a Monday finish.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chad Campbell (nine holes), reigning FedEx Cup champion Bill<br \/>\nHass (nine holes), Jimmy Walker (eight holes) and Harris English<br \/>\n(six holes) are tied fifth at 12-under par.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>American Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III sits four shots<br \/>\noff the pace having played seven holes, tied with seven others<br \/>\nin ninth while defending champion Webb Simpson completed 10<br \/>\nholes and was five back at 10 under par.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Garcia, needing a strong result to force his way into the<br \/>\nEuropean Ryder Cup team, started the final round with a one-shot<br \/>\nlead but was quickly joined at the top by Clark after the South<br \/>\nAfrican claimed a birdie on the second hole.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>But the 32-year-old Spaniard knocked his tee shot on the<br \/>\npar-three third to five feet and converted the birdie putt to<br \/>\nregain the advantage before the suspension of play.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Garcia is searching for an eighth U.S. Tour win, but his<br \/>\nfirst since the 2008 Players Championship, to go with his 10<br \/>\nEuropean Tour victories, two of which came last year.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The delay means several players are still unaware of their<br \/>\nFedEx Cup playoff fate, needing to wait for completion of play<br \/>\nto see if they have claimed one of the 125 places in the field<br \/>\nfor The Barclays tournament in New York, which starts on<br \/>\nThursday.<\/p>\n<p> (Writing by Ben Everill in Los Angeles; Editing by Ken Ferris)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aug 19 (Reuters) &#8211; Sergio Garcia&#8217;s bid to end his four year PGA Tour title drought at the Wyndham Championship was interrupted by thunderstorms and rain in North Carolina on Sunday, the Spaniard one of a number of players forced to return on Monday to complete their final round. 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