2021 Northern Trust: Hurricane Henri forces final round to be postponed until Monday

The ultimate spherical of The Northern Belief has been postponed to Monday due to Hurricane Henri. The primary occasion of the 2021 FedEx Cup Playoffs is being performed in Jersey Metropolis, New Jersey, at Liberty Nationwide Golf Membership, which is under a tropical storm warning as Henri is predicted to make landfall late Sunday.

A scheduled Monday end might remove the stop-and-start nature of enjoying by a storm like this one, which might virtually definitely happen if the spherical was performed Sunday. Even when a few of the gamers with early tee occasions have been in a position to end off the ultimate spherical, it is unlikely that everybody would get their spherical in with out the climate affecting play and doubtlessly even turning into harmful to these on property. The PGA Tour is eager for a cleaner final 18 holes to conclude its first FedEx Cup Playoffs occasion.

Nonetheless, that may not be potential Monday, both. Rain is predicted into Monday so there may be the opportunity of bumping every part again even additional. The great news right here is that the second spherical of the playoffs, which can embody simply 70 of the 125 golfers who made it into the primary spherical, shall be performed considerably close by in Maryland. Lengthy journey shouldn’t be an enormous concern even with a end into early subsequent week. There was no indication that the event shall be diminished to simply 54 holes. The final time that occurred was on the 2016 Zurich Traditional, which Brian Stuard received in a playoff.

Whether it is shortened to 54 holes, although, Jon Rahm is in an excellent place. The U.S. Open champion led by a stoke after 36 holes and has been fairly flawless over his first two rounds with no bogeys on the cardboard. In two earlier 36-hole leads or co-leads this season, he needed to withdraw (2021 Memorial) and completed within the high 10 (2020 Masters). He is the heavy favourite to seize his second win of the 12 months and his second playoff win within the final two seasons.

Play will start no sooner than 7:30 a.m. on Monday morning, in accordance with the PGA Tour.