Play resumes at 2022 Players Championship after dangerous weather caused four-hour suspension
The wait is finally over.
Before noon ET the 2022 Players Championship, the PGA Tour’s flagship event, had already been delayed twice by weather.
The fun began at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, at 5:35 a.m. ET when the PGA Tour Communications Twitter account shared that opening round tee times would be “delayed by one hour due to overnight rain and area thunderstorms” and that preferred lies would be in effect.
The first round began at 7:45 a.m. ET before the horn blew at 11 a.m. ET “due to dangerous weather in the area.” Updates at 12:33 and 1 p.m. ET echoed the statement that dangerous weather remained in the area, with the next update expected at 1:30 p.m. ET.
The range at TPC Sawgrass reopened at 2:15 p.m. ET and play resumed at 3:15 p.m. ET.
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Harold Varner III, Will Zalatoris and Tommy Fleetwood were tied atop the leaderboard at 4 under when play resumed.
“Tomorrow looks like a rough day. It looks like we could be battling thunderstorms through most of the day,” said PGA Tour Meteorologist Wade Stetttner of Friday’s second round during a Golf Channel interview. “They kind of develop in the morning and they come at us in waves throughout the day. So (Friday) is gonna be another tough day here at TPC Sawgrass.”
