Brett Quigley performs his shot from the seventh tee throughout the third and closing spherical of the Constellation Furyk & Pals PGA Tour Champions golf event Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023 at Timuquana Nation Membership in Jacksonville, Fla. Brett Quigley received at 11 underneath par, one stroke over Steven Alker. [Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union]
The Insperity Invitational did not get very far Friday earlier than the primary spherical was halted attributable to lightning within the neighborhood of The Woodlands (Texas) Nation Membership.
All 78 gamers within the area had gotten on the course, however none had completed their rounds. The primary spherical will resume Saturday at 7:45 a.m. native time earlier than the second spherical in performed.
Eight gamers had been tied for the lead at 4 underneath par when the horn sounded: Brett Quigley, Billy Andrade, Ken Tanigawa, Chad Campbell, Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand, Mike Weir of Canada, South Korea’s Y.E. Yang and South Africa’s Ernie Els.
Billy Mayfair and Argentina’s Ricardo Gonzalez had been tied at 3 underneath.
Quigley had three birdies in a row at Nos. 11-13 to get to 4 underneath, then briefly touched 5 underneath with a birdie at No. 15 earlier than he bogeyed the next gap. He had two holes to play when he was summoned off the course.
“Yeah, one and a half (holes). I am on the green on 17,” Quigley mentioned. “So, yeah, it is a bummer, however all people’s gotta take care of it tomorrow as a result of no one completed.
“… Common. We anticipate it, so it isn’t an enormous deal.”
Andrade had began his spherical on the again 9 with three birdies and added a fourth on the par-5 first gap. He was bogey-free and was three holes from ending his spherical.
“All of us wish to end so we will sleep in slightly bit,” Andrade mentioned. “After which need to get again on the market at 7:45, it isn’t ideally suited, particularly at our ages. However it’s what it’s. And also you simply have to just accept it and go ahead. We’re all in the identical boat. Everybody’s bought to do that, and we simply exit and do the very best we will.”
–Area Stage Media