Genesis Invitational leaderboard here.
The wind finally died down on Saturday after a 4 hour delay at the Riviera GC and the field resumed play until darkness .So play will resume this morning at 945am est to complete round 3 before beginning the final round at 11.30am est.
Weather for Sunday: the high winds have blown through but there will be a breeze up to 16mph predicted for the early starts at 6.45am (local) diminishing come mid afternoon under clear sunny skies.
The leader: Sam Burns in my opinion got a heckuva break with the wind when he was scheduled to start in the worst of it with 40mph gusts, the horn blew and he went and chilled for 4 hours, until play resumed.
He was steady with 8 pars, just 1 bogey going out, he birdied the 10th to get back to -12, however he did make 2 late bogey's at 12 & 13 in the gathering gloom before play was halted to reduce his lead to just 2.
Sunday morning: Burns will lead 43 players out early to finish round 3 at -10 on the par 3 14th tee. Matthew Fitzpatrick has one hole to play, he is at -8, then three players all at -7 including Dustin Johnson who has also played 13 holes.
Canadians: I thought Mac Hughes got the worst deal having to play 8 holes in the worst of the wind. To his credit he played them in E. However the 4 hour break changed things, with 4 bogey's, just 1 birdie on the back nine for a +3 74. He starts today T39 +1.
Nick Taylor (71) and Adam Hadwin (70) are T25 -1. They both only played a couple of holes before play was halted, so got a better deal than Mackenzie.
I just have a feeling that Dustin Johnson at -7 with 5 holes to play this morning before beginning his final round is who I'd have my money on.
He won recently in Saudi Arabia before skipping Pebble Beach, and at world #1 is right on top of is game. He says he just has to "drive the ball in the fairway a bit better" over these last 23 holes to be in with a chance.
Bryan Angus
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