And what if there’s a playoff?
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The way things are going here this week, a playoff seems inevitable.
We know at this point there will be Monday golf, either way. According to USGA director of rules and competitions Mike Davis, there are light showers in the forecast, but he’s thinking play will be able to continue until 8 p.m.
They want to begin Round 4 at 5:30 p.m. and go until dark. Play will resume in the morning, although there is no set time yet.
“Believe it or not, this course can keep handling this type of rain, as long as it’s not a complete downpour,” Davis said. “The water is seeping down. It’s very sandy soil, so that’s the great part. If we were at some other U.S. Open venues right now and this kind of rain was happening, I can’t even begin to think what we’d be doing.”
There is a scenario, though, where the U.S. Open could finish up on Tuesday for the first time in history.
“A playoff would take no more than four hours, maybe three hours, 45 minutes, max,” Davis said. “But if somehow we were delated tomorrow, and we got up to roughly 4 p.m., we would not start a playoff. The last thing we want to do is have a playoff where they might have to come back the next morning just to finish a few holes, so we would have it on Tuesday morning. But based on the weather forecast, we really believe that we could get a playoff in tomorrow afternoon.”
By the way, at 11:54 a.m., third-round play got under way. There’s Phil Mickelson in the rough now. Go turn on the TV, but check back for updates.
