The second day of The Players Championshipconsidered the ‘big fifth’ of golf, could not be completed this Friday due to rain every at the TPC Sawgrass, in Ponte Vedra Beach (Florida, United States)as happened on Thursday in the opening day and will not resume until Saturday morning, if conditions allow, so The tournament is expected to conclude on Monday for the first time since 2005.
The resumption in no case would arrive before 11:00 local time, since the arrival of a “severe” weather system is expected early on Saturday, the chief referee, Gary Young, explained at a press conference, who lamented the problems generated by the rains in this edition: “Unfortunately, the weather conditions do not give us any relief,” he said after the suspension.
The best news for the organizers is that no rain is expected for Saturday afternoon or for Sunday, although it is cold and strong winds of up to a hundred kilometers per hour. Further delays may not leave enough time for a potential playoff since in “The Players” the rules establish a three-hole playoff, record Young.
At the time of stopping the tournament, which this Friday could only partially complete its first round, British Tommy Fleetwood and Americans Tom Hoge and Brice Garnett lead the classification with six shots under par., one stroke less than a chasing group of five players. the spanish Jon Rahm, world number one, was able to complete the first round and is three hits from the head.
On Thursday, after delaying the start of the game for an hour due to heavy rain, storms in the area caused an interruption for more than four hours that prevented all players from completing their first round since, when the game resumed, the lack of light in the field forced his suspension until Friday morning.
A total of 47 entrants failed to complete the first round before Friday’s suspension and they are waiting to be able to play on Saturday if the weather conditions allow it.
