AUGUSTA, Ga. — The weather woes continued for the Masters on Saturday, one day after falling tall pine trees nearly injured spectators. 

Third-round play was suspended at 3:15 p.m. Saturday and will resume Sunday at 8:30 a.m.

The final round is expected to begin at 12:30 p.m. off of Nos. 1 and 10 in pairings. 

One day after second-round play was suspended for the day after high winds blew three large pine trees down near the 17th tee and 16th green, tournament officials stopped play on Saturday when sustained rains simply left too much standing water on the greens. 

The good news is the tournament was able to complete the second round before noon Saturday, and with no significant rain in the forecast for Sunday it’ll finish on schedule and not bleed into Monday. 

At the time of the latest stoppage, Brooks Koepka, at 13-under, was leading Jon Rahm (9-under) by four shots and 23-year-old amateur Sam Bennett (6-under) by seven shots. Koepka, Rahm and Bennett, playing in the final group, were through six holes of their third rounds. 

Patrick Cantlay, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Collin Morikawa and Viktor Hovland were all 5-under.

Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose, Russell Henley, Jason Day, Cameron Young and Joaquin Niemann were all 4-under. 

Tiger Woods, who made the cut on the number at 3-over, struggled badly early in his third round and was 6-over through seven holes and standing in last place among the players who made the cut. 

Koepka called the conditions, with temperatures in the high 40s, steady rain and wind, “obviously super difficult.’’ 

“The ball’s not going anywhere,’’ he said. “You’ve got rain to deal with, and it’s freezing cold. It doesn’t make it easy. You’ve got to make some pressure putts. You know it was going to be a difficult day. You’ve just got to grind through it and try to salvage something.’’ 

The suspension left the leaders with 29 holes to play on Sunday unless there’s a playoff. 

“I’m not too concerned about playing 29 holes or however many holes we’ve got left,’’ Koepka said. “It’s part of the deal. I’m pretty sure I’ll be up for it considering it is the Masters. So, I don’t think anybody should have a problem with that.’’ 

Koepka’s lead was two shots entering the third round. He was at 12-under and Rahm was 10-under. 

“I didn’t think about it at all,’’ Koepka said of the lead. “I’m glad we stopped. I think it was spot on. I’m OK with it.’’ 

Rahm said when his group got to the seventh green, which was soaked, it was apparent play had to be suspended. 

“I understand they’re trying to push us to play as many holes as possible, but it was very apparent when they tried to get the water out that it just wasn’t going to happen in our case,’’ Rahm said of the officials squeegeeing the greens. “You can’t really say it was late because I don’t blame them for wanting us to play as much as possible. Now the elements are what they are. Early this morning it was very cold. 

“We enjoyed a couple holes without any rain, but those two holes at the end, 17 and 18, were two absolute monsters. Very happy to finish those even par. Kind of kept it going the rest of the day. 

“It looks like it’s good weather tomorrow, so we’re going to have good weather conditions and most likely a soft golf course. Yes, a lot of holes, but feeling good, feeling strong, and keep it going.’’ 

This is the fifth consecutive year that the Masters has sustained some sort of weather delay.

This year, with that frightening tree incident, was the worst of them. 

Larry Mize, playing in his 40th and final Masters, was on the 16th green Friday when trees crashed to the ground, scattering spectators, but thankfully not landing on anyone. 

“Shocked, scared,’’ Mize said on Saturday, recounting the incident. “I’ve never seen anything like that on the golf course. I’ve seen branches fall, big branches, but nothing like this. It’s just a miracle that nobody got hurt. Thank God that nobody got hurt.’’ 

Thankfully, after all of the interruptions this week, the Masters will have a champion by Sunday evening, fitted for his own green jacket.