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Scottish Open Update: Leaderboard Jammed
We’ve got a fog delay in Scotland on Saturday morning.
The first few players off got a few holes in, and then they called it. Here’s how the PGA Tour describes the weather on their site:
A cold front moving down from northwest Scotland overnight brought rain and fog as play began Saturday morning at The Renaissance Club. Rain was expected to become heavy briefly at 11 a.m. and taper around 1 p.m. The fog was expected to remain, but weaken throughout the day. When play was suspended, only 17 players were on the golf course.
The conditions are known as haar, a cold, wet sea fog or mist that frequently rolls in from the North Sea onto the eastern coast of Scotland and northern England.
Now we all know the word “haar”.
When the fog lifts, those who made the cut will be chasing a three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard, held by Rory McIlroy, Tom Kim, and Jordan Smith at nine-under.
In all, there are 12 players within two shots of the lead – and 37 within five.
Several big names missed the cut this week; Scottie Scheffler, Ludvig Aberg, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Cantlay, and Xander Schauffele among them.
Who’s Chasing?
-8 M Fitzpatrick, MW Lee; –7 C Gotterup, R MacIntyre; –6 N Hojgaard, W Clark; -5 P Reed; -4 J. Thomas
Full Leaderboard & Tee Times Here
Saturday-Sunday: 10 a.m.-noon (Golf Channel); noon-3 p.m. (CBS)