Rain again halts Houston Open

Over half the field still has to finish third round play today.
HUMBLE, Texas (AP) -- Heavy rains left the Shell Houston Open waterlogged, and the leaderboard all jammed up.
John Huston, Joe Ogilvie and Vijay Singh were the leaders on the course at 7-under par Sunday when thunderstorms that have plagued the event returned and forced play to be suspended for a third consecutive day at the Redstone Golf Club in suburban Houston.
"It's hard to say when actually the third round is actually over, where everybody will stand," said Huston, 42, who most recently won at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic last fall, his seventh PGA Tour victory.
"It's all bunched up, and if you lose one shot you're going to fall back," added Singh, who won earlier this year at Pebble Beach and won the Houston event two years ago.
Daly in contention
Argentinian Jose Coceres, Patrick Sheehan and Australian Geoff Ogilvy were one shot back at 6-under, one ahead of Mark Calcavecchia and Dudley Hart. Then came John Daly, at 5-under for the third round through 13 holes. He was in a group at 4-under for the tournament.
Rory Sabbatini, with a 3-under 69, and D.J. Brigman, who shot a third-round 70, were the leaders in the clubhouse at 3-under 213. But they were among only 15 players, about one-fifth of the field, who were able to complete their third round Sunday. The third round had been halted by thunderstorms Saturday.
The course was under water after several hours of more heavy rain Sunday.
Hope to finish today
PGA officials said they hoped the rest of the players could finish the third round this morning, then turn around and begin fourth-round play, hopefully deciding a winner by late afternoon.
In their brief time on the course Sunday, Ogilvie and Huston used three straight birdies to start the back nine to get into contention, then each took a share of the lead with matching birdies at No. 15.
The 30-year-old Ogilvie was second on the money list last year in the developmental Nationwide Tour, earning two wins there. But he's 147th in earnings on the tour list so far this year with his best finish a tie for 30th at the Bob Hope.
Singh, the world's second-ranked golfer, continued his rebound from an opening 2-over 74. His second-round 66 equaled the low round of the tournament and was the best of the second round. He had eight pars to open the third round before a birdie at the ninth hole. He eagled the par-5 12th hole by chipping in from 88 feet to claim a share of the lead on the course.
The last time a tour event finished on a Monday was in September at the John Deere Classic in Illinois.
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