PGA Tour : Wyndham Championship ..Tee Times
I wrote yesterday of all the scenario's set to unfold at this last regular season event on the PGA Tour with the playoff's looming.
Well none of that matters when Mother Nature takes charge as Tropical Storm Debbie hit Greensboro NC in the early hours of Thursday wiping out play all together.
Here is part of the the pgatour.com report:
Erik van Rooyen stands under an umbrella on the 16th tee during practice before the Wyndham Championship.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The first round of the Wyndham Championship was postponed to Friday morning due to Tropical Storm Debby.
The first round of the FedExCup Regular Season finale will begin at 9:50 a.m. ET, the PGA TOUR announced Friday morning. The PGA TOUR Rules Committee determined the updated starting times after assessing the golf course Friday morning.
Heavy rain and gusty winds caused unplayable conditions Thursday at Sedgefield Country Club, as Tropical Storm Debby entered the Greensboro region. According to on-site meteorologist Stewart Williams, the rain began between 2:30-3 a.m. ET on Thursday. Rainfall reached 3 inches by noon at Sedgefield, with sustained winds of 15-25 mph and gusts between 30-40 mph. The rainfall continued through late morning and into early afternoon, and was expected to return Thursday evening and overnight.
"It came in at 3 a.m. this morning, and it hasn't stopped raining since," Williams said early Thursday afternoon. "We've had some real heavy rain at times and some pretty strong wind gusts ... definitely not a safe environment to have people out here at the golf course.
"We've had 3 inches so far; I would think we'd probably get a couple more inches before this thing winds down overnight tonight, so we've still got a ways to go. Overnight tonight, Debby will move up to the north and quickly accelerate away from us. There could be some lingering showers first thing in the morning, but I'm anticipating we can hopefully get out there early tomorrow morning and get the process started of cleaning up the golf course."
"We just need time. The golf course just has to drain. Once that happens ... a small staff and 60 volunteers will get out there, and we'll have a Herculean feat to get the place cleaned up after the rains and winds and flooding ... Hopefully sometime tomorrow morning, we can get Round 1 going, and with that, there's still a hope to try to wrap things up and get things finished Sunday evening. Probably not by 6 p.m., but the forecasts for Saturday and Sunday are pretty good, and if need be, we always will go into Monday to get 72 holes in."
Bryan Angus (edit)
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