Play to resume at Ryder Cup, singles to be played Monday (1st Lead)

Oct 3, 2010, 11:36 GMT

Newport, Wales - Ryder Cup organizers announced on Sunday that play would resume shortly after midday, but that the concluding six singles matches would be played on Monday.

Earlier Sunday organizers had decided that the course was too waterlogged to allow play in the morning and had encouraged fans not to travel to the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales until further notice.

In a statement issued mid-morning organizers said that the current session of fourball and foursomes scheduled to recommence at 1230 GMT, with the singles matches to start on Monday at 0800 GMT.

Players were due to tee off early Sunday in an attempt to make up some of the backlog after pouring rain forced a seven-hour break in play on Friday, but organizers said that rain falling throughout Saturday night had resulted in a water-logged course.

It is the first time in the history of the competition, which sees 12-man teams from the United States take on their European counterparts, that play will have to go into Monday.

The organizers said that only spectators with tickets for Sunday would be admitted to the course on Monday and that there would be no tickets on sale to the general public.

By the end of Saturday, only 10 of the 24 matches had been completed, with the US leading 6-4, but Europe up in all six of the matches on course when darkness halted play on Saturday.

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