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SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) - The PGA Championship was halted because of thunderstorms Saturday, raising the possibility of a second straight Monday finish in a major championship at Baltusrol.
Jimmy Walker and Robert Streb, tied for the lead at 9-under par, were 40 minutes from teeing off in the third round when clouds gathered, the sky rumbled and the horn sounded to suspend play. The course was pounded with rain and players eventually were sent home.
The third round was to resume at 7 a.m., weather permitting. More rain was in the forecast.
The PGA said players would stay in the same pairings and go off in the same order for the final round, starting as early as 8:40 a.m. That at least would allow the chance to finish Sunday, though it also meant the champion could finish hours before the last group finished.
Kevin Kisner had a 5-under 65 and was done with 54 holes at 5-under 205. Padraig Harrington also had a 65 and was 4 under. Only 37 of the 86 players who made the cut completed the third round, and 10 players had yet to tee off.
Phil Mickelson won the 2005 PGA Championship at Baltusrol when tournament organizers took a gamble on not moving up the Sunday tee times because of rain in the forecast, and it cost them. Mickelson had to return Monday morning to claim a one-shot victory. The last Monday finish in a major was just last year at the British Open because of heavy rain that flooded St. Andrews.
Mickelson shot a 68 on Saturday and was at 1-under 209.
WOMEN'S BRITISH OPEN
WOBURN, England (AP) - Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn took the Women's British Open lead at tree-lined Woburn, nearly four months after blowing a late lead in the first major championship of the year.
In early April in the ANA Inspiration in the California desert, Jutanugarn - at the time, best known for blowing a two-stroke lead with a closing triple bogey in the 2013 LPGA Thailand - bogeyed the final three holes to hand the title to Lydia Ko.
She put the hard lessons to use in May, winning three straight events to become the LPGA Tour's first Thai champion. And Saturday, she shot a bogey-free 6-under 66 to pull two strokes ahead of Mirim Lee.
Jutanugarn birdied six of the first 14 holes and finished at 16-under 200 to break the tournament 54-hole scoring record. She chipped in from 90 feet for birdie on No. 8 and made a 30-footer on 10.
Lee shot a 69. The South Korean player led after each of the first two rounds, opening 62-71.
Mo Martin was third at 11 under after a 69. The American won the 2014 tournament at Royal Birkdale. Scotland's Catriona Matthew, at 46 trying to become the oldest major champion, was 10 under after a 71.
ELLIE MAE CLASSIC
HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) - Stephan Jaeger broke yet another Web.com Tour record in the Ellie Mae Classic and shot a 6-under 64 at TPC Stonebrae to increase his lead to seven strokes.
Two days after opening with a 12-under 58 to break the Web.com mark and match the lowest score on a substantial tour, the 27-year-old German player reached 23-under 187 to break the tour's 54-hole record for strokes and fall one short of the mark for relation to par.
Jaeger broke the mark of 189 set by Martin Piller last year in his Boise Open victory. Jaeger was one off the par mark of 24 under set by Arjun Atwal in the 2008 Chattanooga Classic and matched by Tommy Gainey in the 2010 Chiquita Classic and Piller in Boise. On Friday, Jaeger broke the 36-hole mark at 123 and, at 17 under, was two strokes off the record for relation to par.
On Saturday, Jaeger played the three par-5 holes in 4 under with an eagle on the 15th and two birdies.
Xander Schauffele and Matt Atkins were tied for second at 16 under. They each shot 64.