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The third round of the Genesis Scottish Open was suspended at 10:45 a.m. local time due to heavy fog.

The Scottish haar, present from the first tee time, gradually worsened and play was suspended with 17 players on the golf course.

“We’ve had this haar from the word go,” said Tournament Director Miguel Vidaor.

“It’s been playable, maginal, but the rule is basically, players are not necessarily entitled to see the ball landing or the flag of the hole but for example for a tee shot on a par four or five they need to be able to see the contours of the bunkers or any penalty areas or the tree line. For an approach shot, it’s bunkers around the green and the pin flag. It’s been okay up until 10.20 the fog came a little bit thicker, especially on the higher parts of the golf course on holes five, six. and seven it became very thick to the point where it was not playable.

“We held the players out for 25 minutes but in these conditions being as cold as it is, we couldn’t keep them any longer. At 10.45am we suspended play for fog.

“Right now we’re watching, we’re expecting an improvement in the next half an hour or so but the announcement we’ve made to the players is they need to be ready, the practice facilities are open. From the moment it becomes playable, they will be restarting in 30 minutes, and at that point we will announce the delay for the tee times for the rest of the day.”