Tournament officials announced the decision shortly before 4 p.m. Final-round play was expected to resume at 7:45 a.m. tomorrow. It will be the tournament's first Monday finish since Jose Coceres defeated Billy Mayfair in a playoff in 2001.

Leader Jerry Kelly and playing partners Ernie Els and Kevin Na had just hit their approach shots into the first green when PGA Tour officials sent them back to the clubhouse.

Dean Wilson, a former Kaneohe resident and Castle High alum, moved up from 10th place to a tie for fifth after recording a birdie on the par-5 second hole.

Wilson had shot under-par rounds of 69-68-68 for an 8-under 205 entering today's final round. He trailed Kelly by five shots entering the final round.

William Millon was hit by the branch between the first and ninth holes. He was talkative, conscious and alert, Verizon Heritage spokesman Arena Burdick said. Millon was taken to Hilton Head Regional Medical Center.

Soon after, the final round was halted because balls would not remain in place on the 16th, 17th and 18th holes, which are exposed to Calibogue Sound.

"It got dangerous out there for spectators," PGA Tour tournament director Slugger White said. "It was dangerous and unplayable."

At 12:30 p.m., the flagsticks on those holes were bent in an arc as the wind whistled through the largely empty grandstands. Sand from the beach area along the lighthouse hole, No. 18, blew onto the fairway.

"We've never had anything like" these winds, said Cory Corbitt, director of sports and retail operations for Sea Pines Resort.

A swaying tree snagged the netting of Harbour Town's driving range and pulled part of it away.