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Andres Romero ties course record with a 65

Argentina’s Andres Romero fired a sparkling 65 to move within three shots of overnight leader JB Holmes in a weather-hit PGA Championship third round on Saturday.

Play was halted after a delay of more than four hours because of thunderstorms which rumbled through Oakland Hills Country Club and the last three groups of players, including Holmes, had yet to tee off.

Only 25 of the 73 players left in the field completed their third rounds. The weather set up a marathon Sunday for the leaders in the year’s last major championship.

Third-round play will resume at 0715 (1115 GMT) and the leading players face 36 holes in a day.

“It’s going to be like college again, playing 36 in one day,” Holmes told reporters. “It happens, and everybody else is going to do it, too, so just have to go out there and deal with it.”

Big-hitting American Holmes will tee off at 0740 with South Korean Charlie Wi, who stood at level-par 140.

The final round, which will be played in threesomes going off from both the first and 10th, is scheduled to begin at 1220 (1620).

The 27-year-old Romero, third in the 2007 British Open at Carnoustie, charged into contention by posting seven birdies and two bogeys on the gruelling Oakland Hills course dubbed “The Monster” by Ben Hogan after he won the 1951 U.S. Open.

Romero finished on two-over-par 212, three behind Holmes.

Shortly after Romero reached the clubhouse, play was suspended because of the approaching thunderstorms.

The Argentine took advantage of soft conditions in the morning to bounce back in style after his second-round 78.

“I played an excellent round, almost perfect,” he told reporters.

“I can’t believe it, I have a chance for tomorrow.”

One shot behind Holmes on even-par 140 were Wi, Briton Justin Rose and American Ben Curtis.

Former winner David Toms, Swede Henrik Stenson and American Steve Flesch (through five holes) were one over.

They were one ahead of a group including Spain’s Sergio Garcia, 2007 U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera of Argentina, Australian Aaron Baddeley and Jeev Milkha Singh of India.

Other early starters also showed low scores were possible.

Camilo Villegas of Colombia was four under through 14 holes to reach two over for the tournament along with American Boo Weekley, who had played four holes Saturday.