Weather throws a spanner in Koepka, Rahm’s tussle at Masters

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The Masters was hit by weather disruption for the successive day on Saturday. Photo: Charlotte Observer

Four-time Major champion Brooks Koepka holds a four-stroke lead at The Masters over FedExCup leader Jon Rahm.

Koepka has not made a bogey in his last 29 holes and faces an 11-foot, 3-inch par putt on No. 7 when play resumes (Rahm: 9-foot birdie putt).

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Patrick Cantlay (thru 13), Matt Fitzpatrick (thru 11) and Sungjae Im (thru 7*) were tied for lowest score in the third round (-3).

 

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Tiger Woods made back-to-back double bogeys for the first time in his career at the Masters (Nos. 16 and 17; final two holes completed before the suspension of the round).

The second round was suspended on Friday at 3:07 p.m. ET due to inclement weather conditions and resumed at 3:28 p.m., ending a delay of 21 minutes.

 

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The second round was suspended for a second time due to inclement weather conditions at 4:22 p.m. ET and did not resume Friday (39 players left to complete the round).

The second round resumed at 8 a.m. Saturday and was completed at 10:51 a.m.