Presidents Cup matches delayed by Saturday morning fog

Those that awakened early to look at the primary motion of the Presidents Cup’s third session Saturday morning might have been disillusioned.

After the primary match accomplished the primary gap and the second was strolling to their opening tee photographs, PGA Tour officers blew the horn at Royal Montreal, suspending play at 7:23 a.m. ET as a consequence of heavy fog.

Taking part in within the second group, Tony Finau, taking part in alongside Xander Schauffele within the fourballs session, needed to look to the jumbotron to observe his tee shot, which discovered the green anyway. His opponents, Canadians Corey Conners and Mackenzie Hughes, each went effectively left with their drives, however the dwelling crowd, unable to see the place the ball was going, roared with cheers each occasions.

The left fairway bunker on the first gap at Royal Montreal, about 270 yards off the tee, was fully obscured by fog when play was suspended.

The PGA Tour initially hoped to maintain the gamers in place whereas they waited for the fog to elevate, even placing the primary group in a hospitality suite close to the 2nd tee, however after about quarter-hour, each of the primary two teams had been pulled off the golf course, as gamers had been nonetheless allowed to make use of the vary.

Reporting on the bottom at Royal Montreal for GOLF this week, James Colgan stated it was, “foggy, just a little chilly, and albeit shocking that play was allowed to start.”

When NBC picked up third-day protection at 8 a.m. ET, PGA Tour lead TV guidelines and video analyst Mark Dusbabek reported it will be a while earlier than play might resume.

“It’s going to take some time for this to burn off,” Dusbabek stated. “We’ve to have the ability to see and to navigate the golf course.”

Saturday’s official PGA Tour forecast ready by meteorologist Wade Stettner known as for partly cloud skies and a excessive of 70F levels.

It is a growing story and will probably be up to date as new data turns into obtainable.

Jack Hirsh

Golf.com Editor

Jack Hirsh is an assistant editor at GOLF. A Pennsylvania native, Jack is a 2020 graduate of Penn State College, incomes levels in broadcast journalism and political science. He was captain of his highschool golf staff and just lately returned to this system to function head coach. Jack additionally nonetheless *tries* to stay aggressive in native amateurs. Earlier than becoming a member of GOLF, Jack spent two years working at a TV station in Bend, Oregon, primarily as a Multimedia Journalist/reporter, but in addition producing, anchoring and even presenting the climate. He might be reached at jack.hirsh@golf.com.