<p>Cold, wind, rain and a sprinkling of snow left players scrambling for winter clothing in the BellSouth Classic.</p><p>Billy Mayfair was 4 under through 13 holes Saturday to take a one-stroke lead in the first round of the rain-delayed tournament, shortened to 54 after the stormy conditions wiped out the first two days of play.</p><p>"Hit that shot, put on some more clothes, put a ski cap on, gloves on, walk down the fairway, take it all off, hit that shot," said Scott McCarron, the 1997 and 2001 winner who was a stroke behind Mayfair after a 3-under 69.</p><p>After originally planning a 36-hole finish Monday to complete 72 holes, PGA Tour official Slugger White said the players will play only a single round Monday. The forecast for Sunday is for temperatures in the 60s with 10-15 mph wind, and it is expected to be in the low 70s Monday with little wind.</p><p>"Well, unfortunately, we have exhausted everything to play 72 holes. It just won't work," White said.</p><p>"I tell you what, this is awful," he said of the conditions.</p><p>Rain has affected eight of the 14 tournaments on tour so far this year. Last week, The Players Championship also finished on a Monday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.</p><p>Mayfair was among 63 players who did not finish the round, which will be completed Sunday morning. McCarron, J.L. Lewis and Ted Purdy were the leaders in the clubhouse at 3-under 69, and Brett Quigley and Ryuji Imada also were 3 under. Quigley completed 16 holes, and Imada played 11.</p><p>Phil Mickelson, preparing for his title defense next week in the Masters, was 2 over through 15 holes.</p><p>"The hardest part is when it's cold and you have delays, it's hard to stay warm," said Mayfair, who wore a stocking cap that covered his ears.</p><p>The 38-year-old Mayfair, a five-time winner in his PGA Tour career, had four birdies in his abbreviated round.</p><p>"I made four birdies and they all were between 10 and 20 feet," he said. "I made some nice putts."</p><p>Rain washed out the first two rounds at the TPC at Sugarloaf, postponing the opening round until Saturday. Play began at 7 a.m., with the temperature in the high 30s and wind gusting to 40 mph. Play was suspended for 99 minutes when a quick-moving storm brought rain and snow flurries at mid-morning.</p><p>"It's been windy and raining every week just about, but the temperature this morning was, I don't know what it was, 40 maybe, or something like that," Lewis said. "So it was cold with the wind, especially coming out of the north."</p><p>Rich Beem, who teed off at 7:27 a.m., said it was 38 degrees when he went to the driving range before the round.</p><p>"Actually it felt like it was about 22 degrees," said Beem, who shot a 70. "Once we got out there, you just kind of accepted the fact that it's going to be blowing, it's going to be windy, it's going to be cold and it's going to be tough."</p><p>Bo Van Pelt, who matched Beem with a 70, said it brought back memories of his college days at Oklahoma State.</p><p>"We played some pretty tough weather then, a lot of rain, a lot of wind. You just kind of draw on that, remember some of those times, kind of laugh about it and go on with it," he said.</p><p>Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods and Ernie Els, the top three players in the world, skipped the BellSouth to focus on the Masters.</p><p>Retief Goosen, ranked fifth in the world and the winner here in 2002, shot a 72, and defending champion Zach Johnson had a 75.</p><p>Divots:@ With the scheduled Monday finish, The Golf Channel will pick up coverage of the event. Airtime is to be announced Sunday night. ... The BellSouth is the third tournament of the year with an entire round wiped out due to poor weather and the first to have two entire days postponed. ... With several withdrawals, only 20 players in the field are also competing in the Masters.</p>
