The Windham Championship, the last tournament of the PGA Tour regular season, The decision was made to completely suspend the first day of the tournament, scheduled to be played this Thursday at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro. (North Carolina) after The impact of Tropical Storm Debby brought heavy rainfall.
It rained heavily on Wednesday The overnight shutdown from Wednesday to Thursday made it impossible for a PGA Tour tournament to begin Since the facilities were flooded and the weather forecast for this Thursday was not optimistic.
Considering the poor condition of the area, andThe PGA Tour decided to move Thursday’s opening day to Friday with the intention of being able to complete the tournamentAlso next Monday. Jorge Campillo of Extremadura is registered in the tournament.
A suspension with examples
The decision to delay the entire return to the next day is already a precedent. This coincided with the last day of The Northern Trust on Liberty National grounds in 2021, which had to be postponed until Monday due to the arrival of Hurricane Henri.
“We just need time,” tournament referee Ken Tackett said. “The golf course just needs to be cleared out. “Once that happens… a small team and 60 volunteers will go out there, and we will have a huge job to clean up the place after all the rain, winds and flooding…” he said.
“Hopefully, sometime on Friday morning, we’ll be able to start the first round, and with that, There is still hope that an attempt will be made to finish everything and have it wrapped up by Sunday night. “Maybe not before 6 p.m., but the forecasts for Saturday and Sunday are quite good, and if necessary, we will always arrive on Monday to play 72 holes,” he assured.
