They really know how to torture us, don’t they?! We’ve been waiting weeks months for the U.S. Open to finally kick off and once it finally does, what happens? It POURS. Yes, the heavens have opened up and a torrential downpour has caused play of Round 1 at Bethpage Black to be delayed, and delayed, and delayed even further. We’re still waiting and while there are reports surfacing that they are rushing to get things back on track this afternoon, we’ll have to wait and see.
Round 1 Has Leaders at -1
That said, what did we miss? Round 1 did get off to a bit of a start before the great flood began, how did people play? Looks like there have been some ups and some downs already at Bethpage Black, considering that play has been suspended since 10:15 Eastern Time. Currently there are a few golfers sitting in the lead at an early -1, included are Jeff Brehaut, Johan Edfors, Andrew Parr and Ryan Spears. While no one has finished their round, and Brehaut is only through 11 holes, -1 is still the score to beat.
Where’s Tiger?
Tiger Woods, on the other hand, was through 6 holes when the horn sounded and is currently sitting at 1-over-par. Considering how the weather is looking, I doubt we’ll be seeing him try to lower that score anytime soon. Despite the fact that the rain seems to let up at times, right when it does another downpour occurs and even if it stopped completely, it’d take the USGA quite some time to actually get the course back in playing condition. Reports are in that some of the greens are completely underwater and some fairways appear to have “rivers running through them.” Yikes.
Play Will Most Likely Be Cancelled
Bottom line, play will most likely be cancelled for the day, which is an extreme bummer for all of us golf fans, but it could make things extremely interesting when play finally does resume. What will this do to scores? Time will tell, but we can’t wait to find out!
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