Brown and Choi share lead at Torey Pines

KJ Choi, who is chasing his first win on the USPGA Tour in five years, fired a five-under 67 Friday to grab a share of the halfway lead at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Snedeker knows a Monday finish means the course is going be much more playable.

Not long after Snedeker finished, the final round was suspended for the third and final time because of unplayable conditions.

“There are going to be times throughout my career there will be off-course distractions that I have, whether it is one thing or another they are going to be there and I felt like it was mature of me to be able to put that aside and be able to focus on the golf and play some good golf”, Ruffels said. The average completed round on Sunday was a 78.48, almost 6.5 strokes over par, and there were as many rounds in the 80s (11) as there were rounds in the 70s. “It was one of those days where you throw everything out of your mind and go play golf and grind as best as you possibly can”. You can’t live and die by one week.

Undeterred, Mickelson found a way to play the shot by going around the fence and lining up a short swing which connected with golf ball and fence for what turned out to be a good shot. We’re going to have both tomorrow. “You want to go out there and earn it. So I hope it’s tough, and I hope I have a good day”.

/URL Snedeker also won a Canadian Open when third-round leader Hunter Mahan rushed home to greet a new baby.

The 45-year-old South Korean shot an even par 72 to match American Scott Brown on nine-under 207 after 54 holes at Torrey Pines near San Diego.

“I don’t want to hear that”, he said. Their games are different, though they shared one thought — power always helps, but accuracy is paramount on the Torrey Pines courses with thick rough.“When I drive the ball in the fairway out here Im having some short irons into par 4s, Im having mid-irons into some of these par 5s, ” Woodland said. He had three more birdies on the back nine, but bogeyed the par-4 12th hole, the par-3 16th and par-4 17th.

Ireland’s Paul Dunne, who is making his PGA Tour debut as a professional, is among seven golfers tied for 17th, four shots off the lead at five-under-par 211 after shooting a one-under-par 71 on Saturday. Today’s loop began six adrift on 3-under (T27) and he bogeyed the par-4 first during the worst of the morning weather. Snedeker hit his approach to a foot, and then rolled in a 40-foot birdie putt on the par-5 13th. Woodland made two birdies over the last four holes for a 73.

Brandt Snedeker: The clubhouse leader at Torrey Pines as play is suspended.

Golf fans leave the course during a weather delay in the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, in San Diego.