Travelers Championship: PGA Tour pushes back tee times for 3rd round


The PGA Tour has introduced that the tee occasions and construction of the third spherical of the Vacationers Championship is altering. On account of pending inclement climate, the tee occasions have been pushed again.

Gamers will now tee off from each the first and tenth tees at 10:45 am E.T. The ultimate group is slated to exit at 12:45 pm E.T. The sphere may also stay in teams of three, in response to the PGA Tour Communications on Twitter.

The climate to this point in Cromwell, Connecticut has not been very best however playable. However it’s anticipated to get a lot worse by way of the night time and into the early morning hours. There’s a 90 % probability of rain when golfers have been initially slated to tee off.

The course has been very pleasant to gamers this week. Coming into the weekend, Denny McCarthy and Keegan Bradley lead the sector at 15-under par.

McCarthy got here inside inches of posting a 59 on Thursday. Then he backed it up with a 5-under 65 Friday to publish a giant quantity within the clubhouse. Nonetheless, Bradley has gone 62-63 to this point to enter that ultimate pairing with him.

Rory McIlroy, recent off one other second place end at a serious final week, is in competition. He sank the primary gap in one among his PGA Tour profession Thursday. Friday, he performed very properly and is 8-under, tied for tenth.

However with the rain anticipating to melt the fairways and greens even additional, he’ll doubtless should go very low Saturday to have a shot within the ultimate spherical.