Sturdy winds wreaked havoc throughout the second spherical of the Farmers Insurance coverage Open at Torrey Pines in California on Thursday, forcing a prolonged suspension earlier than play was halted as a consequence of darkness.
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The choice to cease play got here after a brutal second for Adam Svensson, who was placing for birdie on the ultimate gap for his likelihood to make the reduce.
As he was in his backstroke, the horn blew — however he continued his interuppted stroke, and comfortably missed earlier than tapping in for par.
That left him at two-over par, one shot under the projected reduce line.
Play on the picturesque venue overlooking the Pacific Ocean in La Jolla was interrupted for slightly below two hours after highly effective gusts made the course nearly unplayable.
Lanto Griffin grabbed a share of the lead at six underneath after finishing a level-par 72 for his second spherical on Torrey Pines south course.
Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg, the primary spherical chief, was additionally on six underneath with after struggling to a three-over-par 75.
Aberg, who had shot a blistering nine-under-par 63 in Wednesday’s opening spherical, discovered the going lots tougher on Wednesday.
Danny Walker accomplished a demanding 18 holes on Torrey Pines’ north course with a two-over-par 74 and is on 5 underneath, one off the lead.
“Only a loopy day, for certain,” Walker mentioned of the circumstances. “A kind of days the place you possibly can’t even take into consideration what you’re taking pictures, simply bought to do your finest to hit each shot and simply settle for no matter occurs.
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“A lot of the place the ball’s going to go is simply out of your management. Did my finest to only preserve a degree head and simply take it one shot at a time. It’s all you would do.”
Eric Cole battled to a one-under-par 71 to complete the second spherical on three underneath, three pictures off the lead.
“It’s an unbelievably difficult course to start with in regular circumstances,” Cole mentioned.
“It was powerful, nevertheless it was additionally difficult. It was simply an general mixture that made scoring actually, actually tough.”
These teeing off early on Thursday discovered the going a wrestle. Zac Blair and Zach Johnson, who have been three pictures off the lead after carding six-under-par 66s in Wednesday’s opening spherical, tumbled down the leaderboard.
Blair shot a six-over-par 78, whereas Johnson carded a five-over-par 77.