Swedish Alex Norén, who started Sunday just three strokes from the lead, was in sixth place during the evening. But a rainstorm pulled over the coastal area of South Carolina and all play had to be paused. After the break, he did not get to the game as well as earlier this weekend and fell in the results list.
Through two bogeys and a birdie on the last nine holes, his -14 total gave him a split 21st place, eight strokes from the win. He was thus a bit from the top match, which was very even. When the leader ball at dusk struck out in the 16th hole, six players were within one stroke, but in the end no one could threaten Webb Simpson.
The American finished with five birdies on the six last holes and had to nervously wait for the end ball and what he thought would be a special game. But when Mexican Abraham Ancer didn't really get to the recording and then couldn't lower his long birdie debut, Simpson's seventh PGA Tour victory was in port.
"It's been a crazy day," he said in the Hilton Head television broadcast.
- It looked like we couldn't play clearly today and I had started to find out about sleeping somewhere. But it's great to be standing here now.
The North American Pro Tour continues next to Cromwell in Connecticut next weekend, even when golf is played without crowds in place around the course.