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Why is the Wyndham Championship Round 2 Delayed Today? When Will it Re-Start?
Weather delayed Round 2 of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club. Here is the latest update on when play will restart. Getty
Lightning near Sedgefield Country Club stopped the Wyndham Championship’s second round Friday, freezing a tight leaderboard battle with FedExCup playoff positioning on the line.
PGA Tour Communications announced the second round suspended at 5:26 p.m. ET “due to a dangerous weather situation,” ending play at Sedgefield with dozens of players still on the course. The horn sounded as afternoon-wave golfers were working through the back nine, several of them within shouting distance of the lead.
No official restart time had been set as of the suspension, with PGA Tour officials expected to monitor radar and issue an update once lightning clears the area. Round 3 is currently scheduled to begin Saturday morning, meaning a lengthy Friday delay could push Sedgefield toward a compressed weekend to finish 36 holes before Sunday’s final round. Anyone still chasing a card for next week’s playoff opener will be watching the weather nearly as closely as the leaderboard.
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What Caused the Wyndham Championship Weather Delay
The suspension leaves several contenders stuck mid-round, and with the tournament serving as the last chance for players chasing the top-70 cutoff, every frozen shot now carries extra tension heading into the weekend. Sedgefield’s second round had already produced fireworks before the skies turned, with eagles and streaks reshaping the top of the board through the morning and early afternoon.
WFMY News 2 meteorologist Tim Buckley tracked a lightning strike roughly four miles from Sedgefield, the trigger for the stoppage under PGA Tour safety protocol. Buckley reported the storm cell was pulling away from the course at the time of the suspension, a sign the delay may not stretch long if the system keeps moving. Tour officials treat any lightning within an eight-mile radius as grounds to clear the course, regardless of how the leaderboard sits at the moment the horn sounds.
Friday’s forecast had already flagged the risk. Golfweek’s live coverage of the event cited AccuWeather’s call for a high of 85 degrees and a 55% chance of rain, with afternoon and evening thunderstorms possible around Greensboro. AccuWeather’s outlook for Friday night calls for another round of spotty thunderstorms before skies clear, with an overnight low near 73. Saturday brings more of the same pattern, with AccuWeather projecting a high of 88 and a 55% chance of a stray afternoon thunderstorm at Sedgefield.
WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP â ROUND 2 FINAL LEADERBOARD Sedgefield Country Club • Greensboro, NC • Round 2 Complete • Cut: -3 POS PLAYER CTY TOT R1 R2 ODDS T1 Ben James USA -11 62 67 +650 T1 Jordan Smith ENG -11 65 64 +550 3 Beau Hossler USA -10 61 * +650 T4 Doug Ghim USA -9 64 67 +1300 T4 Max Greyserman USA -9 65 66 +2700 T4 Sahith Theegala USA -9 62 69 +2200 T4 Alex Noren SWE -9 66 65 +2000 T4 David Skinns ENG -9 66 65 +5500 T4 Alex Smalley USA -9 67 64 +1600 T4 Matti Schmid GER -9 64 67 +3300 T4 Rico Hoey PHI -9 66 65 +3000 T4 Michael Brennan USA -9 66 65 +1800 T13 Chad Ramey USA -8 66 66 +10000 T13 Eric Cole USA -8 63 69 +3300 T13 Tom Hoge USA -8 65 67 +10000 T13 Denny McCarthy USA -8 64 68 +4000 T13 Davis Thompson USA -8 64 * +2200 T13 Tom Kim KOR -8 65 * +1300 T13 Billy Horschel USA -8 65 * +3300 T20 Zach Bauchou USA -7 64 69 +12500 T20 Joe Highsmith USA -7 67 * +35000 T20 Brooks Koepka USA -7 67 * +4500 T23 Danny Walker USA -6 69 65 +75000 T23 Chandler Phillips USA -6 67 67 +25000 T23 Rafael Campos PUR -6 65 69 +100000 T23 Hideki Matsuyama JPN -6 65 69 +4000 T23 Joel Dahmen USA -6 68 66 +17500 T23 Adrien Saddier FRA -6 67 67 +50000 T23 Trace Crowe USA -6 70 64 +35000 T23 Erik van Rooyen RSA -6 69 65 +100000 T23 Kevin Roy USA -6 68 66 +15000 T23 Maverick McNealy USA -6 67 * +6000 T23 Alex Fitzpatrick ENG -6 66 * +8000 T23 Kevin Yu TPE -6 65 * +10000 T23 Jackson Suber USA -6 67 * +5500 T36 Mackenzie Hughes CAN -5 68 67 +35000 T36 Michael Kim USA -5 67 68 +17500 T36 Brandt Snedeker USA -5 65 70 +50000 T36 Jackson Koivun USA -5 67 68 +6000 T36 Harry Hall ENG -5 69 66 +35000 T36 Austin Eckroat USA -5 67 68 +50000 T36 Taylor Pendrith CAN -5 66 69 +50000 T36 Sungjae Im KOR -5 67 * +10000 T36 Pontus Nyholm SWE -5 69 * +25000 T36 Hayden Springer USA -5 64 * +22500 T47 Rasmus Højgaard DEN -4 68 68 +50000 T47 Justin Thomas USA -4 66 * +17500 T47 Thorbjørn Olesen DEN -4 69 67 +100000 ▼ CUT LINE: -3 â Players below did not advance ▼ T60 Jordan Spieth USA -3 68 69 +100000 T60 Tony Finau USA -3 71 66 +100000 T78 Cameron Young USA -2 71 * +10000 T78 Keegan Bradley USA -2 70 * +100000 T132 Davis Riley USA +5 74 71 â 145 Nick Dunlap USA +13 71 82 â WD Pierceson Coody USA WD 76 WD â WD Adam Schenk USA WD 72 WD â * = round still in progress. (a) = amateur. Below-cut section shows selected notable names. Source: PGA Tour / FedExCup. Wyndham Championship Leaderboard When Play Stopped
Ben James had already posted a 3-under 67 to reach 11-under and the clubhouse lead before the delay, while Jordan L. Smith sat tied with him at 11-under through 16 holes when the horn blew. Beau Hossler was lurking at 10-under through nine holes of his second round. A cluster of players including Alex Smalley, Alex Noren, David Skinns, Max Greyserman, Doug Ghim and Sahith Theegala had signed for 9-under finishes, with Tom Kim also at 9-under and still on the course. The projected cut line sat at 3-under, a number that will shift once the full field completes Round 2. James, Smith and Hossler entered the week among the names jockeying for position in the FedExCup’s regular-season finale, where a top-70 finish books a spot in next week’s playoff opener.
Sedgefield Country Club, the Donald Ross-designed layout that has hosted the Wyndham Championship every year since 2008, plays as a 7,131-yard par 70 known for small, und...
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