Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre maintained the lead during the storm-interrupted Valero Texas Open’s third round Saturday in San Antonio.
MacIntyre was 1 under through six holes, putting him at 15 under for the tournament and holding a two-stroke edge on Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg at TPC San Antonio’s Oaks Course. Aberg was 3 under for the round through six holes.
No golfers completed the third round, which will resume Sunday morning.
Ken Tackett, rules official for the PGA Tour, said it wasn’t feasible to try to send golfers back to the course after an update at around 5 p.m. local time.
“The golf course just can’t take anymore,” Tackett said. “We’re already over an inch of rain. The prediction was somewhere around a quarter. We thought the front was going to come through quick and we would be playing golf in the afternoon. … Everybody knows that Mother Nature’s undefeated.”
The third round was suspended late Saturday morning because of storms. There were multiple announced restart times, but the weather prevented those from taking place before the decision to not return to the course Saturday.
Tackett said it will be continuous play Sunday if there aren’t snags with the weather, so golfers will remain in their third-round groups for the final round.
He said the forecast calls for a chance of showers throughout the day Sunday, but overall he expects better conditions than Saturday.
With the Masters next week, it’s expected that all efforts will be made to complete this tournament on Sunday.
A pair of Englishmen made the biggest moves before the weather interfered. Matt Wallace was 7 under through 14 holes, moving to 11 under for the tournament. Marco Penge also completed 14 holes, doing so in 6 under to move to a tie for fifth place at 10 under.
Japan’s Ryo Hisatune is tied with Wallace in third place after finishing eight holes at 3 under Saturday.
Chris Kirk, Chandler Phillips, Michael Kim, and Tony Finau — all only completing holes on the front side — were all at 10 under.
MacIntyre carried a four-shot lead into the weekend.
At 14 through two rounds, MacIntrye held the lowest opening 36-hole total since the tournament moved to TPC San Antonio.
MacIntrye is bidding to become the third consecutive left-hander to win the tournament following Akshay Bhatia in 2024 and Brian Harman in 2025.
“Obviously, people left-handed have done well in the past, but I’m not worried about that one bit,” MacIntyre said following Friday’s round.
Aberg had top-five finishes in his last two PGA Tour outings.
Defending champion Brian Harman shot 3 under through 11 holes Saturday to move to 6 under.
Play also was suspended Friday in the second round. Luke Clanton had to play his final hole Saturday morning before the third round began, and he made the cut. The third round was pushed up a couple of hours in hopes of avoiding weather problems, but those weren’t averted.
–Field Level Media
