(Reuters) - Play was halted late in the third round at the Safeway Open on Saturday after halfway leader Scott Piercy complained about the waterlogged conditions in northern California.
Officials allowed play to continue for some two hours after the rain started pelting down at the Silverado Resort in Napa, and the course became increasingly saturated.
Piercy would not play a shot from just off the 16th green, calling a rules official to say there was too much water between his ball and the hole.
After several minutes, chief official Mark Russell decided to halt competition, with deep puddles covering many parts of the course.