Savannah, GA – August 26, 2009 – Play in the first round of the eGolf Professional Tour's inaugural Championship at Savannah Harbor was suspended due to darkness at 7:45 PM, with 36 players still on the course. A weather delay – the result of various storms in the area – forced officials to pull players off the course from 1:38 PM until 2:12 PM, thus pushing afternoon tee times back 40 minutes. Resumption of the opening round will begin at 7:30 AM, with second round play continuing as scheduled.

At the day's conclusion, Roberto Castro of Alpharetta, GA, Chris McCartin of Arlington, VA and Josh McCumber of Tampa, FL sat atop the un-official leaderboard with matching rounds of 7-under 65.

Chris McCartinCastro, a former Georgia Tech “All American,” won the tour's Spring Creek Championship in June of this year and is three weeks removed from claiming the Georgia State Open.

Beginning on No. 10, Castro birdied his first two holes before settling for pars on his next seven. Turning at 2-under 34, Castro began to heat up on the front nine (his back) with birdies on Nos. 1, 2 and 4 to get to 5-under on his round. Birdies down the stretch on Nos. 6 and 8 took him to 7-under on his round, where he would end his day.

Low scores are nothing new for Castro this season. Just two weeks ago, in the second round of the River Run Championship in Charlotte, he recorded a course-record, 10-under 62 at River Run Country Club that actually included a bogey. In winning the Spring Creek Championship, he fired a 7-under 65 in the second round while chalking up 17 birdies and two eagles on the week.

For McCartin, the low first round continued some rather solid play of late. The former Wake Forest Demon Deacon has made his last four cuts in a row, a streak highlighted by a seventh-place finish at the Forest Oaks Classic in July after rounds of 68-68-68—204. After missing five of his first eight cuts on the season, McCartin seems poised to establish himself as a player on the rise this week.

McCumber, the nephew of PGA TOUR winner Mark McCumber, is making his fourth start of 2009 on the eGolf Tour. McCumber's 65 matches his low of the season (second-round 65 in the Bolle Classic) and has him poised to capitalize on a summer in which he made his second career start in the U.S. Open.

The former University of Florida standout served as his alma mater's assistant coach from 2003-2005 before deciding to play again and earning his Nationwide Tour card for 2008.

Josh McCumberAll three of the leaders carded bogey-free rounds on Wednesday.

Players with rounds of 6-under 66 on Wednesday must be looking at the leaderboard and wondering what they have to do to separate a little. An astounding eight players opened at 66, while 47 players have rounds of 69 or better to their names.

The weather in round one likely reminded many players of the quagmire that was April's Savannah Quarters Championship just up the road in Pooler, GA. Torrential rains shortened that 72-hole event to 36 holes. eGolf Tour member Tom Gillis, currently No. 4 on the Nationwide Tour money list, won the event by an astonishing seven shots after rounds of 63-64—127. Gillis has since locked up his 2010 PGA TOUR card via his Nationwide Tour earnings.

Players completing their first rounds on Thursday morning should be at the cart staging area at 7:20 AM to proceed to their holes. At 7:30 AM, players will resume first-round play. Second round tee times will remain as scheduled, with play beginning at 8:00 AM. The tournament is open to the public and free of charge.