Bill Pennington

Mickelson previously boasted that he won the PGA Tour’s new program that pays the most popular pros, but the embattled golfer finished behind his rival once again.

Torrential rains flooded the fairways at T.P.C. Sawgrass, a course that already features multiple water hazards. The tournament won’t end before Monday.

Tiger Woods was not supposed to win the 1997 Masters, but when he did, by 12 strokes — one of 20 Masters records he set in that tournament — he remade the game and catapulted himself to stardom.

Just 13½ months after a car crash left Woods with leg injuries so severe that doctors considered amputation, he is scheduled to tee off on Thursday morning in pursuit of a sixth Masters championship.

Woods had four bogeys in his first five holes on a blustery afternoon. He recovered enough to play on into the weekend, but it might be tough to catch the leader, Scottie Scheffler.

Woods struggled with a 78 as the leader, Scottie Scheffler, held off a challenge from Cameron Smith to head into Sunday’s final round with a three-shot lead.

The 25-year-old American, a rising star on the PGA Tour and world No. 1, held off Rory McIlroy and Cameron Smith to win by three strokes.

Woods could make only wry jokes after a painful and disappointing first round at the P.G.A. Championship.

He’ll have to get past several rising young players to win his second major title. Tiger Woods made the cut at the P.G.A. Championship but is a dozen strokes off the lead.

Tied for the tournament lead entering Sunday, Will Zalatoris will get another shot at his first major win after surviving a perilous third round.