It’s hard to believe that the first round of the Wyndham Championship has finally been able to be played on the venerable course of the Sedgefield Country Club (Greensboro, North Carolina). Especially when you see certain images of the chaos caused by storm Debby (WATCH VIDEO: images of hole 15 during the storm).
But there are the guts of this almost century-old field to soak up whatever needs to be soaked up, in addition to the relevant crew of maintenance wizards to clean, drain and tidy up. Anonymous people performing small miracles… The course today looked certainly unkempt, but more than practicable and ready.
It’s also hard to imagine Beau Hossler (-10) laughing heartily, or simply expressing full satisfaction. But he will surely have ended more than fully satisfied after signing a 60 and flirting with the possibility of delivering a 59. There won’t be enough light to finish today, Friday, this first round completely, but we’ll have to see if there isn’t some more enlightened person who rounds and even matches Hossler’s record, because at the close of this chronicle’s edition, Ben Taylor was coming with a partial of seven under in nine holes, or Billy Horschel, with one of six under in eight holes. The rough, very heavy with all the water it has received, can be intimidating, but if you go to the right place, then the greens, so receptive, help to get closer.
Jorge Campillo (-2) has been one of those who has been able to finish his round, going out to play in the morning shift with a delay of about three hours. And what has happened sounds familiar. Each round has its peculiarities, of course, but in reality the performance of the Extremaduran has been very similar in general lines to many others that he has already played this season in the United States: a rather stable game, a more than decent result (record of 68 strokes) and a feeling of having been able to get a bigger return. He struggles to close outstanding rounds.
The Spaniard has been solid with the driver and curiously much more erratic with the hybrid in his hands. He has putted quite well, but he has not been completely fine in the recoveries around the green… “I missed three streets with the hybrid and from this rough it’s complicated, but the game has been orderly. It’s a bit of the same old story: I leave with the feeling of being able to have done four or five less without major complications, although I have been left with good sensations”, he explained.
In principle, the heroic plan of the PGA Tour still involves trying to finish the four rounds with the last ray of Sunday’s sun, considering that the conditions improve significantly during the weekend and always taking into account that on Sunday they would have to play 36 holes. For this to be possible, the last group that has gone out to the field this Friday should complete at least eleven holes, which in principle seems possible, because in this way the starts of the second round would not have delays.
