Why was play in Round 3 suspended at LIV Golf Virginia?

LIV Golf Virginia is currently underway at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. After 36 holes, Anirban Lahiri was leading the the golf tournament. As the final round was in play, the tournament had to be suspended due to the weather conditions.

Round 3 had an early start with players on the golf course contesting for the coveted LIV Golf Virginia title. Phil Mickelson, one of the prominent LIV faces quickly climbed up the leaderboard at T2. Paired alongside Lefty for the final round are Bryson DeChambeau and Carlos Ortiz. However, in the middle of the final round, play had to be suspended due to unexpected weather conditions.

As per tournament officials, extreme weather conditions affected the conditions of play. Due to that reason, the third round of LIV Golf Virginia was suspended from 11.07 am EST. Considering the safety of players, spectators and everyone present at the Robert Trent Golf Course, officials had to suspend play for close to an hour.

Take a look at the official tweet by LIV Golf Communications following suspension of play:

"Play has been temporarily suspended in Rd. 3 #LIVGolf Virginia presented by Maaden at 11:07 am ET due to severe weather."

Weather conditions indicated that there would be humid conditions alongside possible rain at the Virginia golf course. Fortunately, play resumed less than one hour later and the tournament has since concluded.

Detailed look at the leaderboard for LIV Golf Virginia

Here is a detailed look at the leaderboard for LIV Golf Virginia led by Joaquin Niemann.

1 Joaquin Niemann -15
T2 Graeme McDowell -14
T2 Anirban Lahiri -14
T4 Thomas Pieters -13
T4 Bryson DeChambeau -13
T4 Phil Mickelson -13
T4 Bubba Watson -13
T8 Jon Rahm -10
T8 Martin Kaymer -10
T10 Talor Gooch -9
T10 Lee Westwood -9
T10 Marc Leishman -9
T10 Carlos Ortiz -9
T10 Dustin Johnson -9
T15 Brendan Steele -8
T15 Sebastian Munoz -8
T15 Tyrrell Hatton -8
18 Harold Varner III -7
T19 Paul Casey -6
T19 Branden Grace -6
T19 Ben Campbell -6
T19 Abraham Ancer -6
T23 Jason Kokrak -5
T23 Louis Oosthuizen -5
T23 Patrick Reed -5
T23 Dean Burmester -5
T23 Cameron Smith -5
T23 Jinichiro Kozuma -5
T29 Cameron Tringale -4
T29 Charl Schwartzel -4
T29 Richard Bland -4
T29 Adrian Meronk -4
T33 Brooks Koepka -3
T33 Charles Howell III -3
T33 Peter Uihlein -3
T33 Sam Horsfield -3
T33 Luis Masaveu -3
T38 Sergio Garcia -2
T38 Kevin Na -2
T38 Yubin Jang -2
T38 Tom McKibbin -2
42 Caleb Surratt -1
43 Danny Lee +1
T44 Anthony Kim +2
T44 Henrik Stenson +2
46 Lucas Herbert +3
T47 Frederik Kjettrup +4
T47 Ian Poulter +4
49 Andy Ogletree +6
T50 Miro Pereira +7
T50 Matt Jones +7
T50 Josele Ballester +7
53 Max Lee +11

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