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SAN DIEGO -- Tiger Woods is going to have to wait to pursue another win at Torrey Pines. A thick fog shrouded the course along the Pacific bluffs on Saturday and essentially wiped out the entire day at the Farmers Insurance Open. Woods, a six-time winner of this tournament, had a two-shot lead and never even bothered coming to the golf course. Three players completed one hole -- and that was after a three-hour delay. Players were to resume the third round Sunday morning and go as long as daylight allowed, and then finish Monday. And thats a best-case scenario. In a bizarre twist, tour officials were hopeful of rain and a little wind Sunday morning, two elements that most golfers dread. Thats what is needed, however, to keep the fog away from Torrey Pines and allow the tournament to resume. "When Mother Nature doesnt want you to play, you cant play," said Mark Russell, the tour vice-president of competition. They did just about everything else. Lucas Glover warmed up three times, at one point passed the time with a little trickery. He lined up two balls in the direction of the range, and hit them with a wedge so that one ball went straight in the air, and Jerry Kelly took a baseball swing with an inverted club and made contact. Through four tournaments this year, the PGA Tour already had had its share of weather problems. This will be the second tournament that doesnt finish on the scheduled day. The Tournament of Champions at Kapalua didnt even start until Monday, the day it was supposed to end, because of 40 mph gusts. It had to be reduced to 54 holes and was completed on Tuesday. Woods was at 11-under 133 and didnt need to come to the course with all the delays because he was in the last group with Billy Horschel and Casey Wittenberg. Horschel spent part of his day getting advice through text messages on how to play with Woods. Hell get to see plenty of Woods over the next two days. Russell said there would not be a 54-hole cut for 87 players -- typically there is a cut when the field is more than 78 players on Saturday. Instead, they will take a short lunch break and go back out, racing time when fog allows. The groups will stay the same until the tournament is over. "I think the coolest thing that can come from it is that I think it looks like were going to be paired together for 36 holes," Horschel said. "So its a pretty cool thing thats going to happen. Its just going to be a fun day tomorrow and Monday. So well see how it goes." Horschel also is among 17 players who are entered in the qualifier Monday to get into the Phoenix Open, which starts next week. Russell said those players have been given the latest tee times for the qualifier -- the latest is 1:36 p.m. MST -- with hopes of getting there. Saturday began with a 30-minute delay that soon stretched into three hours, and the sun broke through the clouds as Hunter Mahan, Robert Garrigus and John Mallinger teed off on the 10th hole at the South Course. Five minutes later, the horn sounded. Because it was for weather, they were able to finish the hole. Mahans caddie took a picture of the 11th tee, a 216-yard par 3, and the visibility was no more than 50 yards. It never got any better. "That little bit of sun we did get today was overpowered by just the saturation of the atmosphere, so we just couldnt overcome it today," said Stewart Williams, the tours meteorologist. Defending champion Brandt Snedeker, seven shots out of the lead, was among those who had the longest day. He was up at 5 a.m., arrived in darkness, warmed up in the fog and never hit a shot. "Its tough when you prepare one day, and then its one of those days where preparation is going to be kind of thrown off," he said. "But we have these days from time to time. We kind of know what to do to keep your mind fresh and ready to go. You realize its a different week, and could be a Monday finish now and be ready for that." Woods won in 2005 at Torrey Pines when fog interrupted the tournament, though it was completed on Sunday. The last time this event was shortened to 54 holes because of weather was in 1998. Russell said the Farmers Insurance Open will go 72 holes. He just couldnt promise when 84 players could get to the 37th hole of the tournament. Without rain, there was the chance of more fog Sunday morning. "If we say were not going to play because we might have fog in the morning, and we didnt have fog, wed have tremendous problems," he said. "So were going to schedule it, and hopefully, we wont have fog and we can play golf. Thats all we can do. If Mother Nature doesnt co-operate, we dont have very much control over that. Were going to be out here, ready to play, and see what happens." Thats assuming they can see at all. <a href="http://cambridgediversity.org/cheapjerseysfromchina.html">Cheap Jerseys</a>. It will be Whitfields final competition before taking part in the London 2012 Olympic Games. Whitfield will contest the sprint event in Toronto as a final pre-Olympic tune up. <a href="http://cambridgediversity.org/cheapjerseysfromchina.html">Cheap Jerseys China</a>.J. -- Matt Prater was at home in bed late last week, trying to recover from a nasty illness, when he flipped on his TV. http://cambridgediversity.org/cheapjerseysfromchina.html. -- Jaime Gomez hit a course-record 63 at Smugglers Glen Golf Course on Thursday to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the Canadian Tours Great Waterway Classic.KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. -- Tiger Woods is done enjoying golf, especially at majors. Woods said his 4-over start on Saturday before rain delayed the third round put him so far behind he could never catch up at the PGA Championship. The reason? Woods, who shared the lead through two rounds, said he tried a different tactic, to relax and have fun. "I was just trying to be, you know, a little bit happy out there and enjoy it," Woods said. "Unfortunately, thats not how I play." Happy Tiger missed a short birdie putt on No. 3 on Saturday, then made bogeys on three of his next four holes. Woods faced a 7-footer for par on No. 8 when heavy rain delayed things until Sunday morning. He missed the putt for another bogey to fall six shots behind eventual champion Rory McIlroy. It was the latest example of Woods playing well early in majors, then watching things go sideways on the weekend. Woods wouldnt say why he changed, only that he wont do it again. "I was trying to enjoy the process," Woods said. "But thats not how I play. I play full systems go, all out, intense, and thats how I won 14 of these things." Woods, though, has gone four years without winning any majors, a drought hed hoped to end at the PGA Championship. Instead, McIlroy blew away the field with an eight-stroke victory. The 23-year-old from Northern Ireland played 13 shots better than Woods over the weekend. And Woods knows the prospect is there for McIlroy to challenge for even more majors in years to come. "Hes very good. We all know the talent he has," Woods said. McIlroy went through a dry spell this year, Woods said, that all great players go through on the way to bigger things. Woods believes hes in the middle of one right now and says he keeps coming close, hell break through again soon. "The thing is, to keep putting myself there," he said. "Im not going to win them all and I havent won them all." Woods shot a final round 72 after completing his third-round 74. Woods says hes on the right track, though. He came out fiery and intense on Sunday and felt more like his old self. He had only three bogeys on his final 228 holes and finished at 286, tied for 11th and 11 shots behind McIlroy.dddddddddddd "Im intense and Im focused and nothing else matters," Woods said. "I got back to that today and I hit some really good shots and I played the way that I know I can play." Woods has eight months of waiting -- and questions -- before his next chance at a major when the Masters comes around next April. "The key is putting myself there each and every time, and you know, Ill start getting them again," he said. Woods almost got a couple this year. He was tied for the lead at the U.S. Open, yet finished 75-72 on the weekend to end tied for 21st. He shot 67-67-70 and was in contention at the British Open until a final-round 73 dropped him to third. Sunday at the PGA Championship wasnt Woods day. It began at 7:45 a.m. with his missed par putt to drop further behind. He let his driver go after a bad shot on the 15th hole into some cactus like stickers right of the fairway. Woods got stuck by several of them and limped his way back to the fairway before picking them off his shoes and slacks. "It got in both legs -- well, left shoe, right shoe, and then in my right leg," he said. "It itched like hell for about a hole, and it was fine." Woods entered the final round five shots behind McIlroy and never made a charge. Then again, McIlroy played like a man who wouldnt be caught by anyone. McIlroy won his second major in runaway fashion -- he captured the 2011 U.S. Open by eight shots -- and then brushed aside the inevitable comparisons to the start of Woods career. "Ive won my second major at the same age as he had," McIlroy said of Woods. "But he went on that incredible run like 2000, 2001, 2002 and won so many. You know, Id love to sit up here and tell you that Im going to do the same thing, but I just dont know." Woods isnt worried about who golfs next great star is, just about what tournaments next after this one. "Weve got a lot of golf to be played the rest of the year, some big events coming up and the Ryder Cup at the end of it," Woods said. "So looking forward to that." ' ' '
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