Third round postponed at Country Club de Bogotá Championship

BOGOTÁ, Colombia– The Web.com Tour’s Country Club de Bogotá Championship continued Saturday on the club’s Fundadores Course on a rainy day in the capital city. The third round was postponed at 2:03 p.m. due to rain and course conditions. The third round will resume on Sunday at 7:00 a.m. with the final round beginning at approximately 9:40 a.m.

Mark Anderson is currently at the top of the leaderboard with nine holes to play in round three at 12-under. Tyler McCumber and Chris Baker are one stroke off the pace at 11-under. Drew Weaver, who began the day T43, has climbed to T5 after a Saturday 65 and is now the low player in the clubhouse at 9-under.

Weaver began the day with two birdies in his first four holes but a double bogey on No. 7 dropped him back to even par for the round. After the double, Weaver caught fire by playing his next five holes at 6-under par.

“I pride myself on bouncing back strong and each week it’s a goal of mine to keep my cool and not get too caught up in the moment whether good or bad,” Weaver said. “To bounce back like I did with that run of good holes was a really positive thing. I had some looks down the stretch I couldn’t convert, but I’m excited to be in the mix for tomorrow.”

Weaver used an eagle on No. 8 and birdies on Nos. 9, 10, 11 and 12 to turn his Saturday around. The Virginia Tech grad closed with six pars to post a 65 and now sits near the top of the leaderboard.

“I kept giving myself a lot of looks throughout the day and they all started going in at once. It was nice to get it going and give myself a chance for tomorrow,” Weaver said. “It’s a matter of staying calm and realizing that if I can play the course the right way and play to my strengths, I’ll get a lot of looks and days like today will happen.”

Rhein Gibson is currently in solo-fourth place with three players tied for fifth. Thirteen groups are still out on the course with the final group on No. 10.

SATURDAY NOTES

• Saturday’s weather: Partly cloudy with afternoon showers and thunderstorms, high of 70, winds 6-12 mph. Play was suspended at 2:03 p.m.

• This week’s purse is $700,000, with $126,000 going to the champion.

• Groups will tee off Nos. 1 and 10 for the final round following the completion of the third round on Sunday morning.

• The Country Club de Bogotá Championship has been shortened twice in tournament history. In 2014 the event was called after 54 holes while only 36 holes were played in 2011.

• Forty-three former Web.com Tour winners are in the field with 56 total victories

• Players leading or co-leading after three rounds have gone on to win the Country Club de Bogotá Championship five times in tournament history.

• Defending champion Ben Taylor is currently T18 and six strokes off the lead with five holes left to play in his third round.

• Drew Weaver had the low round of the day with a 6-under 65.

• Colombian natives Ricardo Celia and Sebastián Muñoz are both currently T18. Celia has nine holes to play while Muñoz has six holes remaining.

• At the time play was called, nine former Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada players are inside the top 25, led by Chris Baker and Tyler McCumber at T2.

• The par-4 13th played as the most difficult hole today with a scoring average of 4.393 while the par-5 eighth hole played the easiest with an average of 4.367.

• Country Club de Bogotá Scoring Averages:

Front/Back/Total/Cumulative

Fundadores

R1 35.934 36.539 72.474

R2 35.744 36.372 72.115 72.295

R3* 34.582 36.005 70.588 71.726

*Play suspended due to unplayable course conditions

Pacos Y Fabios

R1 34.692 34.064 68.756

R2 34.405 34.108 68.515 68.635