Bermuda Championship title to be decided in Monday playoff

The PGA Tour canceled the final round of the 2026 Butterfield Bermuda Championship because of weather and said the title would be decided by a sudden-death playoff between Séamus Power and Austin Smotherman. The playoff was scheduled for Monday morning, October 26, weather permitting; no result had been reported in the tournament announcement described by the PGA Tour. Power and Smotherman were tied at 16 under par after 54 holes. The Tour said the tournament results would stand through those three rounds and that the playoff would determine the champion. It tentatively set the start for 9 a.m. Monday. One report specified local time, while another gave Eastern Time. The Tour had initially hoped to play the final round on Monday after canceling Sunday’s golf, but said the forecast and uncertainty about completing the round led it to shorten the event. Sunday’s scheduled play was called off amid poor weather and high winds. The reports did not establish whether conditions would allow the playoff to proceed as planned. The playoff format gives each player a direct chance to win without completing a fourth round. One report said the sudden-death contest would begin at the...