Golf’s richest event suffered more disruption on Friday as play was suspended again in the delayed first round of the €18million Players Championship.
More than half the field were unable to complete their opening 18 holes on Thursday after bad weather caused delays totalling more than five hours.
Play resumed at 7.15am local time at Sawgrass on Friday and continued for four hours before consistent rainfall forced officials to call a halt due to “unplayable course conditions”.
Rory McIlroy had bogeyed the first and birdied the second before play was called off on Thursday – on Friday he birdied his opening two holes, before dropping shots on the sixth, 10th and 14th holes to leave …
- March 12, 2022
