GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Tee time for the first round of the Wyndham Championship has been announced.
Video taken at the course late Thursday morning showed severe flooding impacting Par 3 Hole No. 7 as a couple of creeks are merging and causing water to overflow onto the fairway.
At around 7:02 a.m. on Friday, the PGA Tour announced on X that the first round will begin at 9:50 a.m.
Initially, the decision was made to not allow fans on Sedgefield Country Club grounds on Thursday due to weather. However, there were still plans to tee off at 6:50 a.m. Thursday morning.
Those plans were setback by the heavy rainfall that came into the region Thursday morning and the decision was made to postpone the tee time until 3 p.m. at the earliest.
At around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, the PGA Tour announced on X that the first round will be postponed until Friday.
The PGA Tour announced at around 5:57 p.m. on Thursday it was announced that the first round would not tee off before 8:50 a.m. Friday. As mentioned before, that has now been delayed for at least an additional hour.
“This decision was a difficult one for us to make with our partners at the PGA TOUR, but everyone’s safety is our top priority,” Tournament Director Bobby Powell said of the decision to not allow fans to be on the grounds. “The most recent forecast looks like the storm could clear our area sometime Friday.”
