GREENSBORO (N.C.) — Kevin Streelman, despite being frustrated by his two bogeys, was happy to have finished and be out of the constant rain that fell on Thursday during the first round of Wyndham Championship.
After posting a 2-under-68, he stated, “It was a consistent day, irritating, cold, wet and gross.”
Justin Thomas, a golfer who desperately needs to get out of his slump, climb up to the top 70 on the FedEx Cup standings for the entire season and qualify for playoffs, also agreed.
Thomas said that the weather was bad. He settled for a 70. When I looked at the weather this morning, I didn’t expect to play 16 holes in the rain.
Stephen Jaeger said, “It is just annoying right?” He shot 29 on the first nine holes and finished with a 3-under-par 67.
The Australian Adam Scott was not deterred by the difficult conditions of Sedgefield Country Club. He made seven birdies and took the early lead on a 5-under-65, one stroke ahead of Belgium’s Thomas Detry.
Scott, 43 years old, is one of the professionals who could miss the playoffs that begin next week. He is ranked No. He needs a minimum two-way T-9 and a better three-way T-3 based on Tour projections to get into the top 70. Scott and Matt Kuchar are the only players to have qualified for playoffs every season since the FedEx Cup was introduced in 2007. Scott has said that he will treat each of this week’s four rounds as an 18-hole qualifying event.
He said, “If I could be the low-man every day, then I would be fine to win the tournament and get through to the playoffs.” “Hopefully, there are a few good ones left in me.”
Scott bogeyed at No. Scott made a bogey at No. Scott’s putter – which he calls the best part in his game over the past few years – saved him whenever he made what he called “a few squirrelly shot.”
He said, “I rolled the ball nicely.” When you do that, you can make up for a whole lot of other average stuff.
Scott blocked his tee-shot right at the par-3 7th hole, a 226-yarder, that was almost in the penalty zone. He hacked and managed to escape with par after putting a 14-footer.
He said, “Sometimes luck comes your way.” “At this stage, my career is all evened. This was one of the good ones. I’ve had some bad breaks, but this was also a good break. “They feel even better if you lift and lower it.”
Colin Swatton of PGA Tour Live was impressed by Scott’s ability to overcome adversity.
Swatton told the players, “I’m not going to play in the rain if I can’t watch you.”
Scott wedged the ball to three feet on the par-4 eighteenth to improve his score to 6 under. However, he dropped a shot on the last hole.
“It was a little sloppy on the last hole but you can handle it when you score 65,” he said.
Matt Wallace of England led for most of the day, but bogeyed three of his last five holes. He shot a 3-under-67. He complained later that he did not like the course.
Wallace said, “I hope I can change that tune and by the end of this week I will tell you how much I love the golf course. Thank you for having me. I’ll return next year.”
