The Players Championship 2022 started this Thursday in difficulty. Initially delayed by an hour due to bad weather, the first round was stopped by a storm after just over 2 hours of play. Tommy Fleetwood, Will Zalatoris and Harold Varner III are temporarily in the lead.
The meteorologists of PGA Tour were not mistaken. The first two days of Players Championship promised to be disrupted by the weather, and from Thursday morning at Ponte Vedra Beachthe storms are here and there.
Delayed by an hour, the start of the most lucrative tournament of the season on the PGA Tour was given around 8:30 am. Obviously, the playing conditions turned out to be very wet and allowed the champions to attack the course of Pete Dyewith very receptive greens.
Hardest working team around ???? pic.twitter.com/h7ZVt2of7W
— THE PLAYERS (@THEPLAYERSChamp) March 10, 2022
Three men left strong. English Tommy Fleetwood and the Americans Will Zalatoris and Harold Varner III occupied the top of the leaderboard at -4 when the game had to be interrupted, when the rain had just appeared on the course. Impossible to say in how long the game will resume, but the message of the organizers did not encourage optimism.
Play has temporarily been suspended. pic.twitter.com/vPgarynyCa
— THE PLAYERS (@THEPLAYERSChamp) March 10, 2022
Note that the world No. 1, Jon Rahmwho defends his crown in great danger this weekwas also off to a good start with a total of -2 after 7 holes. Viktor Hovland (-1) and Patrick Cantlay (+1), who share the part of the Spaniard and can steal his crown in the event of a strong performance on the TPC Sawgrassexperienced a little more timid first laps.
The formidable hole n ° 18 has already made a victim: the former winner Adam Scott sent his first two starts in the pond and signed a severe quadruple bogey.
An eight on 18 ☃️
Ouch. pic.twitter.com/dwFPsw9rbD
– GOLFTV (@GOLFTV) March 10, 2022
The leaderboard before the interruption
