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Jun 21, 2009 9:00 am US/Pacific

Rain Delay At U.S. Open Forces Monday Finish

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) ― 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.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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