Verizon Heritage: Sunday Notebook  PGA TOUR Staff HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- At 4:00 p.m. ET Sunday, PGA TOUR officials suspended the final round of the Verizon Heritage due to high wind conditions. Players will resume their position on the golf course at 7:45 a.m. ET on Monday morning.  Peter Lonard broke out his cricket bat on the Harbour Town driving range Sunday morning. (Steve Grayson/WireImage)
• The GOLF CHANNEL will broadcast the final round on Monday morning beginning at 10:30 a.m. and finishing upon completion of the tournament. • The final round was initially suspended at 1:10 p.m. ET due to strong winds, and the players were removed from the course. The range and the putting green were then closed until further notice. • The last time the PGA TOUR had a suspension of play due to wind was during the first round of the 2005 FBR Open. Before that, it was in 1999 that play was suspended because of wind at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic during the second round. • Kevin Na, who currently sits T2 in the Verizon Heritage, finished T2 at the 2005 FBR Open. No other players currently in the top-10 this week finished in the top-10 during that event two years ago. • The last Monday finish on the PGA TOUR occurred earlier this year at The Honda Classic. Mark Wilson had to wait one extra day to defeat Jose Coceres, Boo Weekley and Camilo Villegas in a playoff. The last Monday finish at the Verizon Heritage was in 2001, when Coceres finished the final round in the morning before defeating Billy Mayfair on the fifth playoff hole. • At the time play was suspended, PGA TOUR rookie Brandt Snedeker had the best round going as he was 2 under par through four holes. Snedeker bogeyed the narrow par-4 first before recording birdies on the next three holes. • Nathan Green's performance this week on the par-5 second hole is the stuff legends are made of. The Australian went par-double eagle-birdie-eagle and wound up 6 under par for that hole on the week. With 13 holes to play Monday morning, Green is 4 under par for the tournament. Kelly Mitchum recorded the only other eagle of the day when he added one of his own at the par-5 second. • As of 1:10 p.m. when play was initially suspended, only five players in the field had registered more than one birdie: Snedeker, Wilson, Brian Gay, Matthew Goggin, and Mark Hensby. • Kenny Perry withdrew from the final round of the Verizon Heritage before his round. Copyright 2007 PGATOUR.com. All rights reserved. |
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