Article: PGA Tour officials cancel Viking Classic; Golf; Heavy rain makes course in Mississippi unplayable.(Sports)

Byline: The Associated Press

MADISON, Miss. -- PGA Tour officials canceled the weather-stricken Viking Classic on Saturday because of unplayable course conditions.

There will be no makeup date and players will move on to the final event of the season, the Children's Miracle Network Classic, starting Nov. 12 in Orlando, Fla.

Annandale Golf Club got 1.75 inches of rain overnight Friday and Saturday, soaking an already marginal course that had areas of standing water and large tracts of mud. Madison has received more than 20 inches of rain in the past six weeks.

"I told them this was closer to a FEMA disaster site than a golf course," ...

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