Slow play and darkness pushed the completion of the first round into Saturday, when a fog delay of three and a half hours forced 72 players — half the field — to return Sunday morning to complete their second rounds at the Donald Trump-designed course that overlooks the Pacific Ocean.
When the final round began Sunday afternoon, Han shared the lead at nine-under-par 133 with British Open champion Jeong Jang and France’s Karine Icher.
Disaster struck Jennifer Rosales in her bid to put herself into contention, dropping four strokes after nine holes and tumbling down to 22nd place when play was suspended due to darkness in the final round.
Bogeys on a couple of par 5s and two more mishaps on Nos. 4 and 6 virtually pulled the ace Filipina shotmaker out of the title race as she made the turn at 41 for a provisional two-under par total, seven shots behind clubhouse leader Han.
It was indeed a bad round for the 27-year-old Rosales, who had looked forward to an explosive finish and a crack at the championship after stringing rounds of 66 and 70 to stay within three strokes off Han at the start of the day.
But she fumbled with a bogey on the par-5 No. 2, dropped another shot on the par-3 No. 4, sputtered with another bogey on the par-4 No.6 before yielding another stroke on the par-5 No. 7.
With a 41 in a birdie-less frontside stint, Rosales hopes to dish out a different game at resumption of play Monday as she bids to salvage at least a top 10 finish and keep her place in the top 30 of the money rankings heading into the ADT Championship next month.