The contenders had so many issues that even Tiger Woods made a run with consecutive birdies and looked dangerous at minus-1 after 14 holes, but he bogeyed No. 15 to stall a potential charge. When he plunked his approach shot into the rough, he pushed his hat over his face. He finished even par with a final-round 69.

Mickelson, who started the day at minus-2, had two bogeys early but birdied No. 9 and made a great par save out of more rough on No. 10 to hang in contention at minus-1. He birdied No. 12 with a long putt and made his huge move on 13. Barnes’s swing came unglued as he hooked his drive left on No. 1 (which he bogeyed) and No. 2. Just as he contemplated that mess, the horn blew, calling play, and he left the course looking like a man emerging from a 10-car wreck.

That all set up the drama for the Open’s first regulation Monday finish in 26 years, thanks to apocalyptic weather that has doused Bethpage with rain by the inch. Clouds continued to threaten more rain on Monday, but the weather held and Glover finally took control of a tournament that once seemed like it would never end.