Rare rule is invoked at a soaking wet Colonial

I expect scores to go very low today at the Colonial as PGA Tour officials are allowing the players to improve their lies through the green.

In other words they can put the ball in their hands, clean it and place it not only in the fairway which happens all the time, but also in the rough which I can't remember seeing. The only place they can't improve their lie is in a hazard, like a bunker.

All this because of the soaking the Fort Worth area has been taking over the past week. The greens are soft but have drained very well, the fairways have some puddles, but the rough is so wet officials felt they had to give the players relief to be fair.

The field is off early and on split tees as well as threesomes with more rain forecast. They have also moved the tee boxes up. Adam Scott hit the par 5 1st with a driver, seven iron as a result.

Crowne Plaza Colonial Invitational scoreboard http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/crowne-plaza-invitational-at-colonial/leaderboard.html

Bryan