The first round of the weather-delayed Viking
Classic has been postponed until at least Sunday.
PGA Tour rules officials said they would meet Saturday morning at Annandale
Golf Club to evaluate the condition of the course, which has been soaked by
heavy rains.
A decision will then be made on what to do going forward.
"We should be out here tomorrow morning looking around by 9:00 or so just to
see exactly where we are going from here and just see if we can find some golf
to play here in the next few days," said tour official Slugger White.
The first two days -- and now Saturday as well -- have been washed out without
a shot being struck. It marked the first time consecutive rounds were
postponed on the PGA Tour since the 2005 BellSouth Classic. That tournament
was cut to 54 holes and won by Phil Mickelson on Monday.
Officials could decide to shorten the Viking Classic to 54 or 36 holes and try
to finish it sometime next week. There also remains the possibility of
cancellation, which hasn't happened on the PGA Tour since 1991.
There is no event scheduled for the U.S. next weekend.
"It's rather dismal. There is no fooling anybody with that," White said of the
course, which was underwater. "So it's something we have to look at and I just
don't want to speculate on anything until tomorrow (when) we look at it
again."
Will MacKenzie is the defending champion.
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