The Players Championship, considerado golf’s fifth major, was unable to complete the first round this Thursday at the TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. After several delays due to rain, the day will continue tomorrow.
After delaying the start of the game by an hour, the storms in the area caused an interruption for more than four hours, which prevented all the players from finishing their first round since, when the game resumed, lack of light on the field caused the suspension.
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At the moment, the British Tommy Fleetwood and the american Tom Hoge they lead the competition with 66 hits, that is six under par. They are followed by a quartet of players made up of the Americans Kramer Hickok and Keith Mitchell, the Chilean Joaquin Niemann and the Indian Anirban Lahiri.
The Mexican Abraham Ancer He was another one who was able to finish his day. With a score of 68 strokes, four under par, “El Turco” was positioned in seventh place.
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“We all came prepared for there to be a delay. We knew the weather was not going to be good, but i felt good. I didn’t hit very well right off the bat, which is not very normal in my game, and I didn’t know if the ball was going to fade or draw, but I stayed in the game and luckily I hit my irons very well and hit many greens. The field was more accessible, but also a bit weird. We are used to playing this firm and fast course and today there were some flags in a position where the ball came back a lot, so we had to try to take spin out of the shots, so he played a little differently.” declared.
“My best birdie was the last one, I wanted to play bogey free, it’s a course that penalizes you a lot if you miss, but I’m happy with my round. It’s nice to have been able to finish and not have to wake up at 4 in the morning to play a couple of holes,” he added.
For his part, the other representative of national golf, carlos ortizcould only complete three holes, same in which he registered a birdie.
