Players Championship

2022 - 3 - 11

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Round 1 of Players Championship stretches into Saturday, with ... (Golf Channel)

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – PGA Tour officials hoped for four hours of play Friday before the worst of the weather moved in – and that's exactly what unfolded ...

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Day 2 review: THE PLAYERS Championship (pgatour.com)

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – A quick look at Friday at THE PLAYERS Championship, where weather won the day once again.

DUSTIN JOHNSON (4 under thru 16): The former FedExCup champ had hit his tee shot at the island-green 17th to 18 feet when play was delayed. RORY McILROY (1 over thru 15): It was an up-and-down day for the 2019 champ. SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER (4 under thru 15): The FedExCup leader is off to another strong start, going bogey-free thus far. The par-4 sixth hole hasn’t been a pushover, playing as the 11th most difficult so far at 4.008, but it is penalty-free. Players did not return to the course Friday, leaving 47 players yet to complete the first round (Luke List withdrew mid-round) and a requiring a Monday finish at earliest. After Tyler McCumber’s early-Friday withdrawal (shoulder injury), Thompson was next man up, and he took advantage with two birdies and an eagle in his first five holes. While the emotions remain raw, Day is making his best efforts to continue to do what his mother loved watching him do. “We’re into a Monday finish,” said PGA TOUR Chief Referee Gary Young. “We know that.” The opening round will resume no earlier than 11 a.m. ET Saturday, with players to receive the next update at 7 a.m. ET. The last Monday finish at THE PLAYERS came in 2005, with Fred Funk as champion. Day was a late WD from last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational when he rushed to his mother Dening’s side as she lost her five-year battle with cancer. “Something that you kind of wish you would keep playing and keep the momentum going, but the course is unplayable. The Australian reached 4-under twice on the back nine after par-5 birdies only to give a shot back each time on the following holes. “We were just trying to stay in the moment and not get too ahead of ourselves with all the rain.

Players Championship faces possible Tuesday finish due to electric ... (The Guardian)

The Players' chief referee, Gary Young, said: 'The golf course has reached an unplayable point,' after two and a half inches of rain fell in 24 hours.

We knew it was just going to be a point where we’re just going to be battling too hard to keep up. “The potential is there,” said the event’s chief referee, Gary Young, of a Tuesday conclusion. Jason Day produced a 69 after finishing his first round on Friday morning. The staff did a great job keeping up with the greens as much as we could, trying to manage play through some really difficult [storm] cells that we were facing. The golf course has reached a point where it’s unplayable.” After torrential rain and approaching electric storms halted play at Sawgrass on Friday morning, the PGA Tour said a Monday finish had become inevitable.

Players 2022: This little known Players rule looms large at rain ... (GolfDigest.com)

PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Through two days at the 2022 Players Championship the leader by a wide margin is rain. Storms delayed Thursday's play twice at TPC ...

- Except for the Players Championship, In the event of a suspension during a final round being played on Monday when at least half of the field has completed play, the final round will be completed Tuesday, but not later. Further, if no situation would we resume play in order to have 50 percent or more of the field complete their round. Friday started on time, albeit in a steady downpour, and then play was eventually suspended for the day at 11:15 a.m. ET with 47 players still needing to complete their first rounds.

Monday Finish Scheduled at Players Championship Following ... (Sports Illustrated)

The first round has yet to be completed at soaked TPC Sawgrass, and the best-case scenario is a resumption at 11 a.m. Saturday -- after another expected ...

After the storm comes through on Saturday, the rain is expected to stop but cold temperatures will arrive. This is the third playing of the event since reverting to March dates. Young said the rules staff will assess the weather situation early Saturday. A severe storm with possible winds up to 60 mph is expected to hit the area early, and the PGA Tour will not allow spectators or players to arrive at the course until the storm has passed and the course is assessed.

A Rare Rainout Suspends Players Championship With Three Tied ... (The New York Times)

Torrential rains flooded the fairways at T.P.C. Sawgrass, a course that already features multiple water hazards. The tournament won't end before Monday.

“It’s easy to get caught off guard when you’re hanging around for a long time and then all of a sudden you have to try to switch it back on. But the tour is anticipating clearer weather by midday Saturday even though the T.P.C. Sawgrass layout will most likely still be subject to considerable wind. “Everybody’s in the same circumstances. But in time, with fairways all but flooded, officials ordered players off the course. The first round is still not complete. PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — This year’s Players Championship, a signature event of the PGA Tour, will take an extra day to complete after torrential rains on Friday in northern Florida suspended play for a second consecutive day.

Can the Players Championship be shortened? Or finish on ... (Golf.com)

The Players Championship has been doused by rain. Will it be shortened or even finish on Monday? Here's what you need to know.

Windy! “The conditions we’re going to be facing [Saturday] with the winds that are predicted, the pace of play is going to be slower as well,” Young said. Once that front goes through, we know we’re going to have good weather conditions, and then we’re just planning it like we would normally plan a round of golf.” According to the PGA Tour handbook, when it comes to the Players Championship, the commissioner has the ability to extend play beyond Monday in order to complete 72 holes. Although it’s going to be windy, we feel we’re going to have the next two days rain-free following this weather event [Saturday] morning. We just want to message that to everyone. “The potential is there,” Young said. “The potential, but let’s hope not. “We are very confident at this point — we’re into a Monday finish,” Young said. Young said play won’t begin before 11 a.m. on Saturday. “The rules committee will arrive early [Saturday] morning,” he said. If our calculations on everything hold together and we’re able to start [Saturday], we certainly expect to be finished with the championship on Monday.” Young added that, in an ideal world, there’d be enough time on Monday evening to squeeze in a three-hole playoff, if necessary. The first round of the tournament was delayed on Thursday morning, again a few hours later and a handful of players never even teed off. Play was suspended at 11:15 a.m. and called for the day four hours later.