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Mi Hyang Lee leads rain-soaked Evian Championship

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France – Saturday’s afternoon rain at The Evian Championship caught many by surprise. Morgan Pressel is indebted to a TV runner who grabbed her rain jacket out of her locker and delivered it on the 15th hole. Lexi Thompson’s father did the same for her, bringing both an umbrella and rain gear with four holes remaining.

More rain is expected throughout the night and into tomorrow morning. Officials adjusted Sunday’s start to begin at 8:23 a.m., with threesomes off split tees.

“If everything goes well,” said Marty Robinson, LPGA director of rules and competition, “we’ll be done with golf by 3:30 or 4 p.