Ryder Cup 'may run until Monday'

European Tour chief referee John Paramor has suggested that the Ryder Cup may finish for the first time in its history on a Monday after admitting it was a "contingency".

There appeared to be no prospect of a swift resumption in play, with an announcement scheduled for noon.

“We have some spare time on Sunday morning, about four hours, as a back-up, and we do have Monday as a contingency,” Paramor said.

“The forecast is for the rain finishing early afternoon and we feel at midday we will have a better idea of when that rain will be through.

“This morning was pretty rough but all the players were keen to get going, so we did. It deteriorated to such an extent that I contacted both captains and said ’What do you think?’

“They both said ’It’s your call’ and I said I was not happy about continuing play. It had deteriorated to such an extent that it was not really fair.”