Kuchar leads Colonial before storms roll in
FORT WORTH, Texas — Matt Kuchar was 10- under par on the 16th green when the second round of the Colonial was suspended Friday night because of an impending storm system.
There were 18 groups still on the course, three still with eight holes to play, when play was stopped at 6: 38 p. m. The second round at Hogan’s Alley will be completed this morning.
Kuchar had a one- stroke lead over Graham DeLaet, the Canadian who shot a 67 in a morning round completed before an 2- hour, 10- minute delay just after noon because of lightning.
First- round leader Ryan Palmer was still at 8 under after shooting even par on his 12 holes Friday.
Jordan Spieth, Steve Flesch and Josh Teater finished at 8 under. Flesch had a 64, and Spieth and Teater shot 67. said after the longest day shortest course.
Severe flooding earlier in the week left much of the Ocean Club under water. The LPGA decided to use the holes that were available, and two of those holes had to be converted into par 3s because bunkers had caved in from a foot of rain that fell in a five- hour stretch Tuesday night.
The hope was to complete three rounds of 12 holes to make the inaugural Bahamas Classic official. On the LPGA Tour, 36 holes have to be completed for it to count. Even with a 12- hole, par45 course, that was going to be a challenge because of a three- hour delay for lightning.
Twenty- seven players failed to finish the round. The day ended with Na Yeon Choi sprinting to the final hole so her group could tee off before the horn sounded to stop play because of darkness. That’s not unusual. What was different was the routing. She was on the third green, and the final hole in the setup was No. 8, meaning Choi had to run around a lake, through some vegetation, behind the seventh green and across a dirt path.
If nothing else, she saw a beautiful sunset along the eighth fairway. And she finished.
The first round is to resume at 7 a. m. CDT.
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Japan’s Kiyoshi Murota was two strokes back after a 70. Jay Haas and Duffy Waldorf, tied for the lead after the first round, matched Loren Roberts at 4 under. Roberts had a 68, and Haas and Waldorf shot 72.
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The 52- year- old Perry had five birdies in a bogey- free round. standings and help Southern California take its third NCAA women’s tournament title with a record- setting team performance Friday.
Southern California finished at 19- under 1,133 — 15 strokes better than the previous tournament mark set by UCLA in 2004 — to beat second- place Duke by 21 strokes.
Third- place Purdue was 21 over — 40 shots behind Southern California.
Park, a freshman from Levittown, N. Y., finished at 10 under for a six- stroke victory over Duke’s Lindy Duncan. Kyung Kim and Sophia Popov tied for sixth at 1 over for Southern California, which finished second to Alabama last year by one shot.