PGA Tour resets Genesis scores after rain delay
Phil Mickelson used three bunker shots but still managed to get a par on the par-4 10th hole Thursday at the Genesis Open — but due to heavy rains, all scores from the round will be reset. (0:36)
Play has resumed at the PGA Tour’s Genesis Open after a rain delay of about two hours.
The tour said any scores from the round at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California would be reset. Twenty-three players had played at least one hole before the round was suspended Thursday.
The last time a PGA Tour event had to restart was the third round of the Dell Technologies Championship in 2013.
Phil Mickelson, who managed to get in a hole before the weather conditions halted play, carded a rather eventful par that ultimately went for naught.
Mickelson drove into a bunker on the short par-4 10th when the horn sounded to stop play. Because the weather presented no danger, players were allowed to finish the hole. Mickelson went over the green into a slightly plugged lie in the bunker behind the green. Unable to control the spin, his shot rolled over the green into a third bunker.
Right when it looked as if he was headed for a big number, Lefty holed his fourth shot for par.
He walked back to his caddie and said with a wide smile, “How about we go in now?”
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.