SAN DIEGO – Brandt Snedeker called it one of the best rounds he ever played, one he doubts he could repeat if he had to start over. Still to be determined was whether his 3-under 69 in a raging wind and occasional rain at Torrey Pines was good enough to win.

The final round suspended three times because of conditions deemed too severe to play, and it was uncertain if the Farmers Insurance Open would finish Sunday.

Snedeker played the final 17 holes without a bogey, and he was the only player to shoot par or better in gusts that topped 40 mph and rain that made it feel even stronger. He one regret was not getting up-and-down for birdie on the par-5 18th hole, fearing that might leave him short of another unlikely victory at Torrey Pines.

Snedeker posted at 6-under 282.

As he stood on the 18th tee with the wind at his back, the final group of Jimmy Walker, K.J. Choi and Scott Brown were above him on the ninth tee headed in the other direction. When play was halted for the third time, Walker was at 7 under, one shot ahead of Snedeker and Choi. The final group was through 10 holes.

“It’s like playing a British Open on a U.S. Open setup,” Snedeker said. “This course is so tough. It’s blowing 25 mph, gusting out there and windy and rainy conditions. It’s really tough. I wish I could say why I shot what I shot today. It was one of those days where you throw everything out of your mind and go play golf land grind as best as you possibly could.”

The average score when play was halted was over 78.

The next best score to Snedeker was a 73 by Shane Lowry of Ireland.

There already were nine rounds in the 80s and certain to be more.

Snedeker started the final round six shots out of the lead. He won at Torrey Pines in 2012 by rallying from seven shots back in the final round, needing help from a triple bogey by Kyle Stanley on the final hole before beating him in a playoff.

This time, his help might come from Mother Nature.

Adam Hadwin will most likely finish as the top Canadian. He was sitting at 8-over with five holes to go when play was called.

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Hyo Joo Kim won the season-opening Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic on Sunday, relegating Stacy Lewis to yet another second-place finish.

Kim rebounded from a bogey on the 16th hole with a 9-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th and closed with a par for a two-stroke victory over Lewis, 2015 champion Sei Young Kim and Anna Nordqvist.

Hyo Joo Kim shot a 7-under 66 at the breezy Ocean Club to finish at 18-under 274. The 20-year-old South Korean player has three LPGA Tour victories, also winning the 2014 Evian Championship and 2015 Founders Cup.

Needing an eagle to force a playoff, Lewis parred the par-5 18th for a 68. She has nine runner-up finishes in a 40-event victory drought that dates to June 2014. The 11-time tour winner has 22 career second-place finishes.

Sei Young Kim also shot a 68, and Nordqvist had a 69.

Hyo Joo Kim made three straight birdies – holing putts of 18 feet on the par-3 12th, 15 feet on the par-4 13th and 5 feet on the par-4 14th – to open a three-stroke lead. After the bogey on the difficult par-4 16th, she hit a slight draw with a 4-iron to set up the birdie putt on the 171-yard 17th.

She had four birdies on the front nine, making three in a row on Nos. 4-6 and adding another on No. 8. The nine-time Korean LPGA winner parred all three par 5s on the back nine.

The third-ranked Lewis parred the final three holes after birdieing Nos. 13-15. After missing long birdie tries on 16 and 17, she hit a 3-wood into the light rough near the right-side front bunkers on 18, flopped 8 feet past and two-putted for par.

Sei Young Kim had a double bogey on the par-4 ninth, then rallied with four back-nine birdies.

Nordqvist, tied with Charley Hull for the third-round lead, birdied the final two par 5s.

Pornanong Phatlum matched the tournament record with a 65 to tie for fifth with Paula Creamer (66) and 2013 winner Ilhee Lee (68) at 15 under. Brittany Lincicome also shot a 65 to join Hull (71) and Min Seo Kwak (67) at 14 under.

Megan Khang, playing her first event as an LPGA Tour member, bogeyed the final hole for a 60 to drop into a tie for 11th at 13 under.

Brooke Henderson carded a final-round 70 and to get to 9-under and tie for 21st. Maude-Aimee LeBlanc shot 72 Sunday and finished 7-under for a share of 31st. Alena Sharp tied for 38th a shot back at 6-under thanks to a 70.

PANAMA CITY – Ryan Armour won the Web.com Tour’s season-opening Panama Claro Championship on Sunday for his first victory in 217 career starts.

The 40-year-old former Ohio State player closed with a 6-under 64 for a three-stroke victory over Kyle Thompson. Armour finished at 12-under 268 at Panama Golf Club.

Thompson had a 66.

Third-round leader Curtis Thompson shot a 72 to drop into a tie with Martin Flores at 8 under.

Jonathan Byrd (65) and Austin Cook (67) followed at 7 under.

The tour will be in Bogota next week for the Club Colombia Championship.

Adam Svensson was the top finishing Canadian. He finished 3-under and tied for 14th.

SAN DIEGO – K.J. Choi one-putted his last six holes Saturday to salvage an even-par 72 and a share of the lead with Scott Brown going into the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open.

Choi made three birdies and saved par three times down the stretch.

Brown was solid again on the South Course. He was the only player to reach 10 under until a bogey on the 15th and missed birdie chances over the last three holes. He still had a 70 and will have a shot to win and get to the Masters for the first time.

They were at 9-under 207, one shot ahead of Jimmy Walker (68) and Gary Woodland (73).

Dustin Johnson didn’t make a birdie until the 13th hole and shot 74. He was three shots back.

It was a tough day for the two Canadians remaining in the field.

Graham DeLaet shot an 82 thanks to seven bogeys and a triple. Adam Hadwin was 4-shots better with a 78. They are 71st and T63 respectively.

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Charley Hull and Anna Nordqvist shared the lead Saturday in the season-opening Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic, and Ha Na Jang had the first hole-in-one on a par 4 in tour history.

Hull made a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th to match European Solheim Cup teammate Nordqvist at 12-under 207 in breezy but calmer conditions at the Ocean Club. The 19-year-old Hull, from England, had a 4-under 69. Nordqvist, from Sweden, also birdied the 18th for a 68.

“It’s a little different because, obviously, it’s been really windy, so I got used to playing in that wind.” Hull said. “And today the first couple holes I think I was allowing too much of the wind and there wasn’t that much up there.”

Jang made the albatross on the eighth hole, at a mere 218 yards playing at a distance normally considered a par 3. Her 3-wood shot into light wind landed a yard in front of the green and rolled in.

“I don’t see the ball finish, but my dad was, ‘Oh, you made it,'” Jang said. “It’s unbelievable. Amazing.”

She was disappointed that she didn’t win a car.

“A new car, please. A car, please,” Jang said. “I wanted a car. I need a car.”

The South Korean player was five strokes back after a 68.

Winless in 30 career starts on the LPGA Tour, Hull birdied four of her last eight holes. She had a bit of an adventure Friday night at dinner when a candle burned her napkin.

“I was like, ‘Oh, good thing we didn’t have the pizza because it smells a bit burny,'” Hull said. “I looked down and there’s this hole like growing bigger and bigger and bigger, and I’m like, ‘Sheez!'” So I patted it out.”

Nordqvist rebounded after hitting a wedge approach long into the water for a bogey on the par-5 11th. She won the ShopRite LPGA Classic last year in New Jersey for her fifth LPGA Tour title.

“I’m really excited,” Nordqvist said. “I really had zero expectations coming into this week. It’s the first tournament of the year. I’m just excited to be back playing. Put in a lot of work this winter.”

Third-ranked Stacy Lewis, defending champion Sei Young Kim and Hyo Joo Kim were a stroke back. Lewis birdied the 18th for a 67, and Sei Young Kim and Hyo Joo Kim shot 68.

Lewis won the last of her 11 LPGA Tour titles in June 2014, a 39-event drought that includes eight runner-up finishes.

“I think tomorrow is supposed to be even less wind, maybe a little more calm,” Lewis said. “So, you’re going to have to make some birdies. You’re going to have to shoot a good score, but you’re not trying to force things. That’s the biggest thing for me tomorrow is just to stay patient and trust my golf swing.”

Sei Young Kim birdied the 18th after losing the lead with a double bogey on the par-4 16th. On 16, she drove left in palm trees, chipped out through the fairway and into the rough, and hit her third over the green into bushes that line the water. She made a 12-foot putt to save double bogey.

“The tee shot was a bad choice,” Sei Young Kim said about her decision to use a driver. “I’m very disappointed there. I’m OK. I have a one day tomorrow.”

Hyo Joo Kim chipped in for eagle on 18.

Megan Khang, playing her first event as an LPGA Tour member, was two shots back along with 2013 winner Ilhee Lee. The 18-year-old Khang, from Rockland, Massachusetts, had a 71 after shooting a 68 on Friday for a share of the lead with Hull and Haru Nomura.

“Wind was definitely better today,” Khang said. “So much the driving and approach shots, so much the putting, I just couldn’t find a putt to drop. … I definitely am excited for tomorrow.”

Lee shot a 66.

Canadians Brooke Henderson and Maude-Aimee LeBlanc have a share of 16th at 6-under after matching 70s Saturday. Compatriot Alena Sharp is 3-under and has a share of 31st.

DOHA, Qatar – Branden Grace successfully defended his Qatar Masters title on Saturday, becoming the first player to do so since the tournament began in 1998.

The South African shot a 3-under 69 on another wind-swept day at Doha Golf Club to win the second leg of the European Tour’s so-called “Desert Swing” by two shots over Spain’s Rafael Cabrera-Bello (70) and Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen (71).

Grace shot an overall 14-under 274 for his seventh European Tour title.

Scotland’s Paul Lawrie, the overnight leader by two shots, faded away with a 78 and finished tied for 13th at 281, while Spain’s Sergio Garcia (70) shared seventh alongside South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen (71) at 8-under 280.

Grace made the turn at 1 under with a lone bogey on the fifth after starting with a birdie and adding another on the sixth hole. The turning point came on the par-5 ninth, where Lawrie pulled his tee shot way left and finished with a double bogey to hand over the sole lead to Grace.

Grace is a traditionally strong finisher on the tough back nine here and the highlight Saturday was smashing his tee shot 327 yards on the par-5 18th, followed by an iron to 30 feet away and two-putting for a birdie.

“To win is tough, but to defend is even tougher,” Grace said. “It’s brutal conditions out there.”

Cabrera-Bello had one birdie and one double bogey in his first 15 holes, but finished in better weather with three straight birdies.

“It’s just a tough day, it was common to make mistakes,” he said.

SAN DIEGO – Phil Mickelson had to leave the golf course to play one of his shots at Torrey Pines, an early sign of the mass exodus Friday in the Farmers Insurance Open.

By closing with three straight bogeys on the easier North Course, Mickelson missed the cut.

At least he was in good company.

Jason Day, the defending champion and No. 2 player in the world, missed the cut for the first time in nearly eight months. Also leaving early was Rickie Fowler, the No. 4 player in the world who was riding high from his victory five days ago in Abu Dhabi,

Throw in Justin Rose (No. 7 in the world), and another gorgeous day along the Pacific bluffs felt like Black Friday.

Not losing sleep over the surprising departures were Gary Woodland and K.J. Choi, who shared the lead going into the weekend; and Dustin Johnson, who made a risky escape on the one wild tee shot he hit and wound up one shot behind.

Woodland powered his way to a 5-under 67 on the South Course, which he prefers because of his length and the left-to-right shape of his tee shots. Woodland reached two par 5s in two and was just off the green on two other par 5s. He made birdie on all of them to help atone for a few mistakes on the back nine. He had to make a 15-foot putt on the par-5 18th to be the first player to post at 9-under 135.

Choi was a mild surprise, having not won on the PGA Tour in nearly five years. The 45-year-old South Korean shot his 67 on the North Course.

Their games are different, though they shared one thought – power always helps, but accuracy is paramount on the Torrey Pines courses with thick rough.

“When I drive the ball in the fairway out here I’m having some short irons into par 4s, I’m having mid-irons into some of these par 5s,” Woodland said. “So when I drive the ball like I did today, good things are happening right now.”

Johnson was pounding driver on the North Course and making enough short putts to move up the leaderboard. Then came a shout of “Fore right!” and the crackle of a ball through a Torrey pine on the seventh hole. He had a tree right in front of him, no path to the green except through a V-gap in the tree about a foot wide. Johnson managed, nearly made birdie and finished up his 66. He was at 8-under 136.

Scott Brown had a 71 on the South to join Billy Horschel (70 on the South) and Martin Laird (68 on the North) at 7-under 137.

The cut was at 1-under 143.

Mickelson never thought that would be an issue. He opened with a 69 on the South and was prepared to take advantage of the short par 5s on the North. Instead, he sliced his second shot so badly on the par-5 18th (his ninth hole) that officials had to measure to make sure it was not out-of-bounds. It was in play, by little more than the dimple of a golf ball, but it was under an iron fence.

Mickelson had to walk to the other side of the fence and punch at it with a hybrid into a bunker. He blasted out and three-putted for double bogey. Mickelson grew up in San Diego and has played Torrey Pines more than anyone. Asked if that was the first time he played from the parking lot, Mickelson replied, “Probably not.”

“After that good round yesterday on the South Course, I thought, ‘I’m going to go to the North Course and really light it up.’ I think I tried to force the issue a little bit,” Mickelson said. “When I wasn’t under par early, I kind of started to press a little bit. But that stuff happens.”

He didn’t seem bothered, and neither did Day.

The PGA champion got sick last Friday after a week in the desert working on his game and didn’t touch a club again until the opening round Thursday. He said his energy was gone, his swing felt off and it showed. Day shot 74 on the South and missed the cut for the first time since the Memorial.

“You can’t live and die by one week,” Day said. “It’s not going to be the last cut I’m going to miss. Hopefully, it is the last cut I’m going to miss this year, but once again it’s a process. I got to keep working hard and hopefully that delayed gratification is a lot more sweeter at the end of the year than it is right now.”

The 13 players separated by three shots at the midway point featured a collection of long and medium hitters, which didn’t surprise Johnson in the least.

“If you look at the winners here, they’re all over the board, as far as length,” Johnson said. “But you’ve got to drive it straight. And right now I feel like I’m driving my driver very straight, so that’s definitely a key.”

In Canadian action, Adam Hadwin leads the charge. He’s 3-under and 6-off the lead, while Graham DeLaet is 1-under – 2-shots back of Hadwin. Nick Taylor finished 5-over and did not advance to the weekend.

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Charley Hull, Megan Khang and Haru Nomura all sit atop the leaderboard at 8-under par after two rounds of the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic. Players battled gusty conditions at the LPGA’s season opener with winds reaching gusts of 30 mph. The young trio is one shot in front of a group of four players including defending champion Sei Young Kim, Anna Nordqivst, Catriona Matthew and Min Seo Kwak.

The average age of the leaders is just 20 years old (Hull at 19, Khang at 18 and Nomura at 23) and it marks the first time in each of their careers to hold the lead at an LPGA event after 36 holes. This event has been kind to first time winners and crowned Rolex First-Time Winners twice in the first three editions (Ilhee Lee in 2013 and Sei Young Kim in 2015).

Hull followed her opening round of 68 with a 3-under 70 in the morning wave to get to 8-under par. The teen from England had a sunny disposition when it came to the challenging wind conditions.

“I’ve never played the wind, or the golf course with that wind before,” said Hull. “It was a completely opposite direction. So it was good fun to play in that direction, I like it in that direction actually. No, it was good, just got to keep patient out there. Obviously the same for everyone. No, I enjoyed it, I thought it was fun.”

Khang, who is making her rookie debut this week, said she didn’t have many expectations in the season opener but feels like she belongs out on Tour. Seeing her name at the top of the leaderboard might take some getting used to.

“It definitely will take some time to sink in but I think my game’s at a good place right now and I definitely think I can hold my own,” said Khang. “I’ve played in the Open a few times and they’re all there, all the pros are there, even like the best amateurs make it there. So I think I can hold my own and it’s going to take a while for it to sink in after two days.”

Cristie Kerr tied the tournament record in impressive fashion in such high winds with the low round of the week, 8-under 65. She shot a 77 on Thursday and jumped from T95 to T13 and agreed the round of 65 was a solid day.

“Yeah, I would say,” said Kerr. “Yeah, after yesterday, it wasn’t looking good and very difficult day and I just came out and just did it.”

Top-ranked American Stacy Lewis followed up her opening round of 73 with a 5-under 68 on Friday to move into a tie for 10th and sits just three shots back.

Canadians Maude-Aimee LeBlanc and Brooke Henderson both have a share of 20th at 3-under, five-shots off the lead.

ORLANDO – The Canadian Golf Hall of Fame & Museum’s Coordinator of Heritage Services, Alyssa Reynolds, brought the 1904 Olympic golf trophy won by George S. Lyon to the 2016 PGA Merchandise Show, which wraps up today in Orlando.

The sterling silver trophy cup stands about 1 1/2-feet tall and resides at the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont.

Lyon won the trophy — and gold medal — by beating reigning U.S. Amateur champ, American H. Chandler Egan, 3 and 2, at Glen Echo Country Club in Normandy, Mo., just north of St. Louis — site of the 1904 Olympic Games. Golf returns to the Olympics in 2016 in Rio.

The PGA of Canada arranged for the trophy’s travel, and it was on full display during the association’s Canada Night celebration and awards ceremony.

While at the show, Reynolds filmed a segment with Golf Channel’s Morning Drive. You can watch it below.