Brandt Snedeker spent a day in the clubhouse and won $1.2M

Jimmy Walker holds a one-shot lead over fellow American Brandt Snedeker and K.J. Choi of South Korea entering today’s planned completion of the final round of the $6.5 million Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla.

There was no chance Brandt Snedeker was going to lounge in a comfy chair in a hotel room Monday and watch the resumed final round of the Farmers Insurance Open unfold.

THE HISTORY: Snedeker started the final round six shots behind and needed some help – the weather – to have a chance.

A 72nd hole eagle from rookie professional Ryan Ruffels and a top 10 finish for Aaron Baddeley were the Australian highlights from a Monday finish at the PGA TOUR’S Farmers Insurance Open.

On the putting green, Snedeker got the news and thrust both fists in the air and hugged Vail.

“Probably paced a hole in the carpet”, said Snedeker, jokingly. Walker fell two shots behind with another bogey on the 15th, and his three-putt on the 17th (his third of the round) ended his hopes.

“I had one of those lies (in the rough) going against you and it was really wet and I thought it was going to come out really soft”, he said of his third-shot chip that rolled past the pin and stopped on the fringe, 15 feet from the cup.

THE FORECAST: The feeling when play was suspended Sunday was that Snedeker had lost out on his advantage.

Instead he settled for a par and a 76 that gave him solo second on 283, one shot in front of Kevin Streelman who posted a 74 for 284.

Choi had bogeys on the first, fourth, seventh and 10th holes and a birdie on the par-5 six.

Baddeley is resigned to playing events on his status as a past champion and getting sponsor invites, meaning he must make the most of every opportunity. After scoring 70 on Saturday he was six shots off the lead, tied for 27th. Shane Lowry and Paul Dunne finished in a share of 13th position on level-par.

Having delivered one of the great closing rounds on the PGA Tour on Sunday, all he could do was wait to see if it was good enough when the wind-blown tournament concluded before no spectators because of safety concerns for all the debris on the South Course at Torrey Pines.

Snedeker’s final-round 69 was truly a phenomenal achievement. In fact, it might have been even tougher on the leaders because they played the last four holes against the wind.

“It’s one of those days where you had to throw everything out of your mind and go play golf – try to grind and shoot the best you possibly could”. It’s better than – I remember shooting 61 here my rookie year. He played the final 17 holes without a bogey in raging wind and occasional rain, with gusts topping 40 miles per hour that forced play to be suspended three times before the South Course was evacuated.