Severe weather delays start of Round 3 at PGA

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Inclement upwind has pushed backmost tee times for Saturday's 3rd circular of the PGA Championship astatine Quail Hollow Club by much than 3 hours.

Play was scheduled to statesman astatine 8:15 a.m. ET, but play was suspended due to the fact that of lightning.

The PGA of America announced that the 74 players who made the 36-hole chopped would play the 3rd circular disconnected divided tees connected Nos. 1 and 10 successful threesomes starting astatine 11:43 a.m. ET.

Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas, who has a two-stroke lead, volition tee disconnected connected No. 1 with Matthieu Pavon (6 under) and Matt Fitzpatrick (6 under) astatine 1:55 p.m.ET.

World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler (5 under), Max Homa (5 under) and Si Woo Kim (6 under) volition commencement connected No. 1 astatine 1:44 p.m. ET.

Masters champion Rory McIlroy, who had to enactment to marque the chopped astatine 1 over, volition commencement connected No. 10 with defending PGA Championship victor Xander Schauffele (1 over) and Chris Kirk (1 over) astatine 1:38 p.m. ET.

Inclement upwind disrupted players' signifier rounds astatine Quail Hollow connected Monday and Tuesday, leaving the people soaked aft much than 4 inches of rainfall fell.

Scheffler, Schauffele and others criticized the PGA of America for not allowing the tract to play with preferred lies, which would let players to lift, clean, and spot their balls wrong a designated area.