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Golf-Play suspended at rainy Valhalla

By Mark Lamport-Stokes LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Play was suspended in the PGA Championship's final round on Sunday due to water-logged conditions, a little more than two hours before overnight leader Rory McIlroy was scheduled to tee off. The action was halted at 12:53 p.m. (1653 GMT) as heavy rain swept across the par-71 layout at Valhalla Golf Club, leaving pools of water on several fairways and greens. Ground crews swiftly moved in with squeegees in a mop-up operation, but the rain intensified as possible thunderstorms have been forecast for later in the day, setting up the possibility of a Monday finish to the year's final major. Northern Irishman McIlroy, hunting his fourth major title and second in a row, held a one-stroke advantage overnight at 13-under-par 200 and had been scheduled to start the final round at 2:55 p.m. (1855 GMT). (Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes; Editing by Gene Cherry)