Lightning Stopped PGA Tour Championship

Schaeffler leveled 29-player field through 12 holes at 19-under

The third round of the US PGA's season-ending Tour Championship was

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postponed Saturday after lightning struck an area on East Lake in Atlanta.

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World number one Scotty Scheffler, the defending Masters champion,

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led the 29-player field through 12 holes in the par at 19-under,

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one stroke ahead of partner Xander Schöffle, the Tokyo Olympic champion.

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The American pair were among 14 players who

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could not complete their third round due to the storm.

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South Korean I'm Sung-Jae was third at 16-under with four holes remaining,

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while four-time major winner Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland

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was fourth at 15-under and 5-under with 16 holes.

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