UPDATE: The Players Championship will resume at noon ⛳
Delayed due to weather, Nemours Children’s Health orthopedic and sports medicine specialists will be in the Kids Zone on Saturday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. for “tea time”.
A four-hour weather delay Thursday led to a truncated opening round. Friday’s weather was even worse, with play getting suspended at 11:15 a.m. and the tournament unable to restart again because of steady rain and standing water across the Stadium Course. Play was then suspended at 3 p.m.PGA Tour chief referee Gary Young said that the tournament is planning for a Monday finish. Young said that he feels confident that the event can wrap up even if The Players went into a three-hole playoff.
“We are very confident at this point — we’re into a Monday finish,” Young said. “We know that. If our calculations on everything hold together and we’re able to start tomorrow, we certainly expect to be finished with the championship on Monday.”There was more than an inch of rain Thursday before the first player even set foot on the course, and rain was steady throughout the early part of Thursday’s first round. It cleared up for a 3:15 p.m.
Bad weather isn’t good news for the business side of the tournament though. Two years ago, the pandemic caused the final three rounds of The Players to be canceled. Bad weather this year forces the more than 20 restaurant vendors to lose money.Despite fickle Florida weather, there hasn’t been a Monday finish at The Players since 2005. Fred Funk won that tournament, which was blasted by downpours and 35-mph winds. Funk played 32 holes on Monday and hit a five-foot par putt to win it.
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