Scottie Scheffler leads by 5 at RBC Heritage with play halted - ESPN

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Turns out only the rain can stop Masters champion Scottie Scheffler.

Scheffler holed a difficult pitch for eagle on his second hole Sunday to build some separation in the RBC Heritage and looked so flawless that it was only a matter of time.

And then he ran out of time. A storm system with heavy rain stopped play for 2½ hours, and Scheffler was able to get through only 15 holes when darkness forced a Monday finish. He led by 5 shots with no one seriously challenging him.

«Everyone is trying to chase Scottie, and he's making it really tough because he keeps winning,» U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark said after giving it his best effort.

Clark, who started the final round 7 shots behind, opened birdie-eagle-birdie and at one point got to within 1 shot of Scheffler. He was 8 under through 11 holes until an adventure into the trees right of the 12th fairway led to double-bogey.

Clark already has finished runner-up to Scheffler twice in this amazing run, at Bay Hill and The Players Championship in consecutive weeks in March. He at least managed to finish his round at 6-under 65 and posted at 15-under 269.

Patrick Cantlay and J.T. Poston joined him at 15 under and were just off the 18th green. Sahith Theegala also was 15 under and in the right rough on the 16th hole.

The final round is set to resume at 8 a.m. ET Monday. Scheffler has three holes separating him from a fourth victory in his past five tournaments, a level of dominance not seen on the PGA Tour since the prime of Tiger Woods.

The exception in his streak was a runner-up finish in the Houston Open, when he misread a birdie putt from 5 feet that would have forced a playoff.

Now he is on the verge of becoming the first player since Bernhard