Heavy and steady rains forced the postponement of The Players Championship on Friday. The tournament will resume no earlier than Saturday morning at 11.
A four-hour weather delay Thursday led to a truncated opening round. And Friday’s weather was even worse, with play getting suspended at 11:15 a.m. and the tournament unable to restart again because of steady rain and standing water across the Stadium Course. Play was suspended at 3 p.m. and will not resume before 11 a.m. Saturday.
“We are very confident at this point — we’re into a Monday finish,” Young said. “We know that. If our calculations on everything hold together and we’re able to start tomorrow, we certainly expect to be finished with the championship on Monday.”Rain was steady throughout the early part of Thursday’s first round. It cleared up for a 3:15 p.m. restart and a good portion of golfers were able to get a chunk of their first round in.
On Thursday, the storms caused a four-hour delay, having only 66 players finish the opening round. Twelve players didn’t even hit their first tee shots.There was more than an inch of rain Thursday before the first player even set foot on the course. “Like an outdoor event, any kind of outdoor event that’s what you can expect,” Ralson says. “You just gotta live with it, but I do feel sorry for the people who live here or work here and are trying to make money raise money for charity.”“Well, I came from 6 inches of snow, so this is great,” said Rhode Island resident Ken Brown. “I’ll take the rain any day. Just being here is incredible.”
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