With two more difficult days in store because of the weather systems that plagued the tournament on Thursday and Friday, patience, not always one of Bubba Watson's virtues, will be paramount for the field.
The first four players to reach the 17th tee, Brooks Koepka, Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele, then the first player with honors in the next group, Collin Morikawa, matched that with four swings. They were in the process of completing their first round, and when they returned later in the afternoon, Koepka and Scheffler found the water again. "There's nothing you can do," Koepka said. But Watson and Thomas had no such difficulties.
Thomas, who was playing No. 16 on the re-start, finished his first round with a double bogey at No. 18 after hitting his second shot in the water, but didn't take long to recover as he's made good progress toward an unmatched feat: successfully defending a Players title. Watson matched his third-best score on the Stadium Course. His best, a 66, happened in 2011, the year between his two Masters titles.
He even admitted to a bit of a defeatist attitude. When he faced a birdie putt attempt at No. 16, he told caddie Gabe Sauer that he needed to make the putt to get to 5-under, so he would have enough cushion to absorb double-bogeys at Nos. 17 and 18 and still make the projected even-par cut. "I looked up at the board and I saw Justin went bogey-free for 3-under, so I was trying to go bogey-free for 4-under just to one-up him," he said. Watson said it all came down to putting.
Fleetwood was able to get on the course on Saturday and was even through three holes. Hoge never got a chance to tee off.
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