2024 Shriners Children's Open round 3 suspended. Provisional leaderboard explored

The third round of the 2024 Shriners Children's Open was suspended due to darkness at the TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas. 30 players were unable to complete their round and will resume at 5:00 am Eastern Time on Sunday.

The PGA Tour's X (formerly Twitter) communications account also reported that groups of three players will be formed for the final round, starting on the first and 10th tees, in an attempt to avoid a Monday finish.

Doug Ghim and J.T. Poston temporarily lead the Shriners Children's Open on 15 under. Neither has finished their third-round performance.

2024 Shriners Children's Open Round 3 provisional leaderboard

Below is the provisional leaderboard for the Shriners Children's Open at the time the third round was suspended. Only the top 50 are included:

T1 Doug Ghim -15
T1 J.T. Poston -15
T3 Gary Woodland -14
T3 Kurt Kitayama -14
T3 Harris English -14
T3 Alejandro Tosti -14
T7 K.H. Lee -13
T7 J.J. Spaun -13
T7 Davis Thompson -13
T7 Taylor Pendrith -13
T7 Norman Xiong -13
T7 Matti Schmid -13
T13 Harry Hall -12
T13 Chad Ramey -12
T13 Matt Kuchar -12
T13 Scott Piercy -12
T13 Ryan McCormick -12
T13 Rico Hoey -12
T19 Jhonattan Vegas -11
T19 Nate Lashley -11
T19 Taylor Moore -11
T19 Jacob Bridgeman -11
T19 Mark Hubbard -11
T24 Ryan Moore -10
T24 Rickie Fowler -10
T26 Davis Riley -9
T26 Bud Cauley -9
T26 Greyson Sigg -9
T26 Michael Kim -9
T26 Daniel Berger -9
T26 Ryan Fox -9
T26 Patrick Fishburn -9
T26 Sam Stevens -9
T34 Vince Whaley -8
T34 Ben Taylor -8
T34 David Lipsky -8
T34 Joe Highsmith -8
T38 Maverick McNealy -7
T38 Ian Gilligan (a) -7
T40 Trace Crowe -6
T40 Pierceson Coody -6
T40 Andrew Putnam -6
T40 Lanto Griffin -6
T44 Alex Smalley -5
T44 S.H. Kim -5
T44 Erik van Rooyen -5
T44 Camilo Villegas -5
T44 Garrick Higgo -5
T44 Nick Taylor -5
T44 Joseph Bramlett -5
T44 Beau Hossler -5

Doug Ghim's performance in the third round of the Shriners Children's Open included seven birdies and no bogeys with two holes to play. J.T. Poston, meanwhile, carded a bogey-free eagle with five holes to play.

Ghim's performance saw him climb 12 places to tie for the lead, while Poston maintained his position from the previous round. Other big movers were Gary Woodland and Kurt Kitayama, who moved up 10 places to tie for third after identical 6-under scores on Saturday.

Co-leader after the second round, Matti Schmid, has dropped six places after posting an even-par score with five holes to play. The German carded three birdies, one bogey, and one double bogey in the first 13 holes.

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