Azinger left in the dark
Paul Azinger leads the US PGA Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Ohio by two strokes but must complete his third round after darkness forced a halt to play.
Two-time defending champion Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia and Stuart Appleby share second spot two strokes behind Azinger as 25 players must finish their third rounds.
Azinger was on 11-under-par after 14 holes when darkness set in after beginning the day one shot ahead of Vijay Singh.
Woods and Garcia, who also got through 14 holes, were two-under for the round, while Appleby got through 15 holes and is three-under.
Because of the weather, the tournament will start the final round on the front and back nine and the final round will feature players playing in trios instead of the usual twosomes.
It has been an emotional week for Azinger, who overcame cancer in 1994 and spent Wednesday at a ceremony honouring the late Payne Stewart. The two were close friends.
"The conditions were really severe and I knew that bogeys were going to happen," said Azinger, who bogeyed holes four and five.
"I didn't get frustrated. I really just felt like I could not win the tournament today, I just said plug along, you've got a long ways to go, being the conditions are tough."
Woods birdied three of his first seven holes but dropped off the pace with a bogey at number 12.
He is seeking to become the first player since Tom Watson to capture the same event for three consecutive years. Watson won the Byron Nelson Classic from 1978-1980.
Garcia, who won the Colonial two weeks ago for his first PGA Tour title, birdied the first hole but bogeyed the 10th.
He rebounded with consecutive birdies at holes 12 and 13 to forge into contention.
Stewart Cink, who finished his round, did not believe waiting for the others to finish posed much of an advantage.
Cink said: "I think the guys that finish in the morning will get a bit of momentum from what they do.
"If you make a birdie on the last hole or something, that automatically gives you momentum going into the final round."
