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PGA event delayed by winds

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Some young pros chasing their first PGA Tour victory might get thrown off by a final-round wind delay and Monday finish. Not Boo Weekley, not by a long shot.

Weekley, two shots behind leader Jerry Kelly at the Verizon Heritage, feels the Sunday suspension might help him.

"I didn't get much sleep last night," he said. "We stayed up too late playing cards."

Weekley got a break when winds strong enough that a marshal was hit by a falling tree limb swirled through Harbour Town Golf Links, halting play and bringing the tournament's first Monday play since Jose Coceres defeated Billy Mayfair in a 2001 playoff.

Play was supposed to resume at 7:45 a.m. from where they left off Sunday. PGA Tour tournament director Slugger White says forecasts call for milder winds — there were gusts of 44 mph on Sunday — for most of the morning. Should more than half the field, but not all, finish, White said a Tuesday finish was possible.

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