US PGA Championship 2016: play suspended in third round – live! – The Guardian

There are some seriously in-form players at this PGA. Yesterday’s second round saw Robert Streb become only the 28th man in history, albeit the third in the last 16 days, to shoot 63 at a major. He finished tied for tenth last year, so his last four rounds at the PGA make for some good reading: 67-67-68-63!

Then there’s the defending champion Jason Day. On one stretch during his 65 yesterday, he carded seven birdies in eight holes. Here’s the defending champ’s last ten rounds at the PGA: 69-65-69-72-68-67-66-67-68-65!

Jimmy Walker, the co-leader at the halfway mark with Streb, has shot 65 and 66 this week, coming off the back of a final-round 68 at the Canadian Open. Emiliano Grillo, tied third right now with Day, recently finished tied for 12th place in the Open at Troon. And of course there’s Henrik Stenson, whose last six rounds in tournament golf are 68-65-68-63-67-67, a run that’s bagged him a record-breaking Open Championship and might just have set him up to become the first non-Irishman to win the Open and PGA back-to-back since Tiger Woods in 2006 (Padraig having done it in 2008, Rory a couple of years ago).

We could go on, suffice to say another classic is brewing here. The weather might help, too. There’s a risk of heavy rain late in the day, after some early sun. It’s possible play could be suspended at some point. On the face of it, that isn’t great. On the flip side, any wet weather will make the course super-soft and super-responsive, which could lead to some more spectacular low scoring. Whatever happens, Moving Day promises to be a blast. We’ll get going here at 5pm BST. It’s on!

The 36-hole leaderboard:

-9: Walker, Streb
-7: Grillo, Day
-6: Stenson
-5: Kaymer, Reed, Koepka
-4: Matsuyama, English, Fowler, Donaldson
-3: Ikeda, Spieth, McGirt, Summerhays, Z Johnson, Hurley III, Scott, Bourdy, Tanihara

Big names missing the cut: 2012 and 2014 winner Rory McIlroy; 2009 champ YE Yang; 1998 and 2004 winner Vijay Singh; 2003 winner Shaun Micheel; 2001 winner David Toms; 1991 winner John Daly; Sergio Garcia; Luke Donald; Darren Clarke; Matt Kuchar; Graeme McDowell; Victor Dubuisson; JB Holmes; Shane Lowry; Tony Finau; and pre-tournament favourite Dustin Johnson.

And today’s tee times (local, then BST):

7.35am (12.35pm): Matt Jones, Roberto Castro
7.45am (12.45pm): Ernie Els, Rafa Cabrera-Bello
7.55am (12.55pm): Freddie Jacobson, Jason Kokrak
8.05am (1.05pm): Joost Luiten, Patton Kizzire
8.15am (1.15pm): Justin Rose, Charl Schwartzel
8.25am (1.25pm): Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thongchai Jaidee
8.35am (1.35pm): Matthew Fitzpatrick, Jason Dufner
8.45am (1.45pm): Ryan Palmer, Billy Horschel
8.55am (1.55pm): Phil Mickelson, Colt Knost
9.05am (2.05pm): Justin Thomas, Keegan Bradley
9.15am (2.15pm): Danny Willett, Padraig Harrington
9.25am (2.25pm): Jim Furyk, Thomas Pieters
9.35am (2.35pm): Rich Beem, Francesco Molinari
9.45am (2.45pm): James Hahn, Bill Haas
9.55am (2.55pm): Aaron Baddeley, Kevin Kisner
10.05am (3.05pm): Brian Stuard, Daniel Berger
10.15am (3.15pm): Kyle Reifers, Bradley Dredge
10.25am (3.25pm): Bubba Watson, Cameron Tringale
10.35am (3.35pm): Marc Leishman, Russell Knox
10.45am (3.45pm): Jhonattan Vegas, Russell Henley
10.55am (3.55pm): George Coetzee, Ross Fisher
11.15am (4.15pm): Vaughn Taylor, Kevin Na
11.25am (4.25pm): Lee Westwood, Soren Kjeldsen
11.35am (4.35pm): Marcus Fraser, Brandt Snedeker
11.45am (4.45pm): Young-han Song, Tyrrell Hatton
11.55am (4.55pm): Steve Stricker, Danny Lee
12.05pm (5.05pm): Andy Sullivan, Andrew Johnston
12.15pm (5.15pm): Paul Casey, Scott Hend
12.25pm (5.25pm): David Lingmerth, Branden Grace
12.35pm (5.35pm): Jon Curran, KJ Choi
12.45pm (5.45pm): Louis Oosthuizen, Ryan Moore
12.55pm (5.55pm): Alex Noren, Webb Simpson
1.05pm (6.05pm): Hideto Tanihara, John Senden
1.15pm (6.15pm): Adam Scott, Gregory Bourdy
1.25pm (6.25pm): Zach Johnson, Billy Hurley III
1.45pm (6.45pm): William McGirt, Daniel Summerhays
1.55pm (6.55pm): Yuta Ikeda, Jordan Spieth
2.05pm (7.05pm): Rickie Fowler, Jamie Donaldson
2.15pm (7.15pm): Hideki Matsuyama, Harris English
2.25pm (7.25pm): Patrick Reed, Brooks Koepka
2.35pm (7.35pm): Henrik Stenson, Martin Kaymer
2.45pm (7.45pm): Emiliano Grillo, Jason Day
2.55pm (7.55pm): Jimmy Walker, Robert Streb