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Jun 21, 2009 11:00 am US/Central

Rain Delay At U.S. Open Forces Monday Finish

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 3: A fan sits alone on the 18th green as rain forces a delay of the 2rd round at the U.S. Open golf championship on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York, June 21, 2009.
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Click to enlarge 2 of 3: Tiger Woods plays his tee shot on the tenth hole during the continuation of the first round of the 109th U.S. Open on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park on June 19, 2009 in Farmingdale, New York.
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Click to enlarge 3 of 3: Mike Weir of Canada finishes his first round with a 6-under par 64 during the continuation of the first round of the 109th U.S. Open on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park on June 19, 2009, in Farmingdale, N.Y.
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Third-round play at the sopping wet and twice-interrupted U.S. Open resumed Sunday, with no chance of a champion being crowned by day's end.

It will be the first 72-hole Monday finish at the U.S. Open in 26 years.

Weather permitting, the USGA wants the final round to begin late Sunday afternoon. More rain is forecast, however.

Play was stopped Saturday night because of rain, and another eight-tenths of an inch hit Bethpage Black overnight. Ordinarily, that's not much, but Bethpage has taken so much water in recent weeks that one brief downpour was enough to render the course unplayable.

Ricky Barnes was leading with a record 36-hole score of 8-under 132. He has yet to start the third round.

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