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By Andrew Both
PA SportsTicker Golf Writer
ST LOUIS (Ticker) - The remnants of Hurricane Gustav washed out
Thursday's first round of the BMW Championship.
Officials have rescheduled the first round to be played on
Friday at Bellerive, and plan to play 36 holes on Saturday to
get the event back on track for a Sunday finish.
"We've had just under three inches of rain and we're looking at
upwards of four," PGA Tour tournament director Slugger White
said.
"We've got a mess out there. It may be as bad as I've seen in a
long time. The course has 16 miles of drainage that's having
trouble putting it anywhere."
White said that Gustav was scheduled to clear out Thursday
afternoon, and that the forecast for the rest of the week was
good.
"We're looking pretty good after this gets out of here," he
said.
Due to the small 69-man field, there should be no problem
playing 36 holes on Saturday.
The BMW Championship is the third of four events on the PGA
Tour's FedEx Cup playoff series.
Fiji's Vijay Singh won the first two events, all but locking up
the $10 million bonus awarded to the playoff winner.
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