The South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout (81st in the world) and the Canadian Adam Svensson (57th) temporarily occupied the head of the Players Championship on Friday, when a storm warning forced the organizers of the tournament to suspend the 2nd round, Friday at Ponte Vedra Beach (Florida).
After 14 holes and four birdies placed without making any mistakes, Bezuidenhout totals -8. Just like Svensson, but him after 11 holes, so everyone has the prospect of improving their score even further.
“The first nine holes were difficult. It was blowing a lot. But it calmed down in the last hour. I just tried to keep the ball on the course. With that wind, you just had to try to hit the fairways and give yourself chances to reach the green”, commented the South African in search of a first USPGA title.
Before the resumption of the debates scheduled for early Saturday morning, he and the Canadian are two strokes ahead of the Australian Min Woo Lee, stopped at the 15th hole, as well as two Americans: Collin Morikawa, 10th in the world who is among the favorites for the title, remained in 11th, and Ben Griffin who was able to finish his career (-6).
At three units are Canadian Taylor Pendrith (at the 13th hole) and the world No.2 Scottie Scheffler, who has eight holes left to go.
The Spaniard Jon Rahm, suffering from his stomach, was forced to retire before the second round, weakening his place as world No.1. Scheffler can indeed climb back to the top if he finishes in the top five, according to the OWGR, the body that governs world golf rankings.
The Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy (N.3), can also become first again, but he will have to win on Sunday. Eight holes to finish, he was still in the abyss with a score of +6, with the prospect of missing the cut.
A misadventure avoided by Jordan Spieth (0), with a twist of fate which could have had other consequences. On N.9, the American first saw his drive hit a spectator without damage, which sent the ball, which was promised to the river, back onto the fairway. Whereupon he then eagled, with a perfect shot.
“I was very, very lucky, otherwise I wouldn’t have played this weekend,” he agreed.
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