Jason Day and Alex Noren forced to sleep on it as darkness descends at the Farmers Insurance Open
Jason Day and Alex Noren will return on Monday to decide the Farmers Insurance Open after their play-off was suspended due to darkness at Torrey Pines.
They played five extra holes before agreeing it was too dark to continue on Sunday. American Ryan Palmer was eliminated from the play-off at the first extra hole after failing to match the birdies achieved by the other two.
Australian Day shot a closing 70, Noren, of Sweden, a 73, and Palmer a 72 as the trio finished at 10-under 278.
Only five extra holes were possible due to a slow final round, with the final threesome taking nearly six hours as high winds prompted plenty of indecision. Day (right), the former world No1, is chasing his first win since the 2016 Players Championship.
He said on Sunday: “I’m just going to try to get some rest and I’ll play all day tomorrow if I need to get the win. This is something new for me to be able to go through a play-off and come back the next day. This is stretching out a little longer than I wanted but I just want to get that ‘W’ real bad.”
Both players sank five-footers in the semi-darkness on the fifth extra hole. Noren said: “I could barely see the last putt but this is what I play for, so I’m excited.”
Tiger Woods recorded his best finish in a full-field PGA Tour event since August 2015 in the event. Woods, out for almost 10 months following back surgery, had a closing 72 to finish seven shots off the pace in joint 23rd.
