Sean Farren, the head pro at The Creek Club on Long Island, was on the U.S. Open leaderboard yesterday at even par through three holes — one shot off the lead.
Andrew Svoboda, the Old Oaks assistant pro who won the 2007 New York State Open on the Black Course, struggled early and was 7-over through six holes.
At the bottom of the board was Brit David Horsey, who was 10-over through 10 holes.
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Ian Poulter, one of the PGA Tour’s most colorful players, is a Twitter fiend and has been posting all week. He was even par through seven holes when play was suspended.
Here’s a sample of some of his recent posts (note some of these are verbatim):
* Upon being brought off the golf course for the suspension of play: “I can’t see us getting back out on the course. Unless they give us a canoe and a paddle.
“It’s official, I feel like a fish. That got pretty funny out there, In a sick kind of way. Course is under water.”
* This morning before coming to the golf course. “Morning, guys, true to word just opened the curtains in hope of no rain . . . nope, it’s [coming] down. happy days. Lets get the show on the road.”
* In anticipation of bad weather today: “Floppy hair-day tomorrow, can’t wait. I’ve solved the problem. I’m gonna wear the shower cap from my hotel bathroom. It’s see through, I just need to right [sic] Cobra all over it.”
* On dinner Wednesday night: “Out for sushi with Justin Rose, I thought sushi was apt as were gonna feel like a fish tomorrow.”
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When Masters champ Angel Cabrera, who was playing with Tiger Woods, grounded a chop out of the rough, one spectator barked, “That looked like one of my shots.”
Cabrera bogeyed the hole.
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In all, the 78 players in the morning draw completed 461 holes before play was stopped. There were only 32 birdies made, compared with 169 bogeys or worse.
At 6:54 a.m., Rickie Fowler, an amateur who made the cut at last year’s Open, was the first player to tee off. Two minutes later, the rain began.
