Indian golfer Anirban lahiri completed six more holes, striking birdies on the last two, before play was called off in the weather-hit Zurich Classic, which has been reduced to a 54-hole tournament.
lahiri was five-under for 46 holes and is currently T-42 — a jump of eight places T-50 after two rounds.
lahiri was three-under at the end of two rounds and needs a high finish to get into the top-50 and earn a berth into the Players Championships in two weeks' time.
lahiri has seen action in spurts — he played six holes on the first day, 30 on the second, two on Saturday and another six on Sunday. He has eight more holes left.
Jhonattan Vegas birdied two of five holes he was able to play in the rain-delayed third round giving him a share of the lead with Brian Stuard.
Tournament officials said the event would be shortened to 54 holes.
Vegas made birdie putts from beyond 7 feet on the first two holes to reach 13 under, then parred three straight before steady rain, accompanied by intermittent thunder, forced organisers to clear the water-logged TPC louisiana after little more than two hours of play.
Stuard, who has not made a bogey in the tournament, had one birdie on Sunday. like Vegas, he'll resume play on the sixth hole.
Top-ranked Jason Day was in a five-way tie for fifth at 10 under through 44 holes.
The Zurich Classic became the first PGA TOUR event to be shortened to 54 holes since the 2013 Hyundai Tournament of Champions at Kapalua.
The last Monday finish was the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in early February.
Patel finishes T-18
Newburgh (USA): Indian-American golfer Bhavik Patel ended a disastrous weekend with a four-over 76 to finish tied 18th, a massive drop from the three-shot lead he had at the halfway stage, at the United leasing and Finance Championship on the Web.Com Tour here.
Patel, who set a 36-hole record with rounds of 65 and 69, collapsed over the weekend with rounds of 74 and 76 and finished at four-under 284 after being 10-under 134 at the midway mark.
Patel had two doubles on each of the last two days as he threw away a chance to claim his maiden Web.Com Tour title. Seamus Power posted the only bogey-free round of the day Sunday (5-under 67) to become the first Irish winner ever on the Web.Com Tour, squeezing out a one-shot victory.
After posting 12-under in the third-to-last group to become the leader in the clubhouse, Power's chances seemed unlikely with Roger Sloan two shots ahead of him heading to the 17th and Cody Gribble a shot ahead as well with two to go. But that's when the dominoes started to fall.
Sloan put his tee shots in the water at each of the last two holes and made back-to-back bogeys.
Cody Gribble then had a one-shot lead but made bogey at the 17th and hit it in the water over the green at 18 to allow Power to come-from-behind for his first ever Web.Com Tour title.
Power was a last man standing of sorts, the only player in the final groups to adequately conquer the difficult 17th and 18th holes.