The PGA Tour on Friday reduced its first playoff event to 54 holes because of the rain and potential damage expected from Hurricane Irene.
Slugger White, the tour's vice president of competition, said the plan was finish 36 holes Friday and start the third round first thing Saturday morning, with hopes of getting in a 54-hole event before the rain arrives.
If they can't finish Saturday, he said it would revert to a 36-hole tournament. Left unclear was whether a 36-hole tournament - if that were the case - would count as an official win. Six years ago, Adam Scott won the Nissan Open at Riviera in a playoff after rain reduced the tournament to 36 holes. What mattered more at this FedEx Cup playoff event was advancing to Boston. The Barclays was a sellout at Plainfield.
Confused? Kuchar.
Last year's winner at Ridgewood Country Club finished his first round this morning and walked off with the leader at 8-under par. His 63 puts him one shot ahead of Harrison Frazar, Robert Allenby and William McGirt.
Played really well today and the conditions were there. Right now, no one's is lower than Kuchar.
McGirt — the last man to make the FedEx Cup Playoffs field here at Plainfield Country Club — began his completion round staring at a 10-footer for birdie on the 12th hole. The North Carolinian parred his next four holes, before carding his only bogey of the round at the 17th hole.
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