Brutal Bermuda winds took over the first round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course on Thursday, and the scores, as expected, took a hit. Here’s a quick rundown of what happened Thursday and what you need to know for Friday.
Previewing the Butterfield Bermuda Championship Round 2
Instead of explaining just how windy it was in Bermuda on Thursday, we’ll let amateur Damian Palanyandi provide an example.
“It was crazy,” he said. “On 13, one of the guys hit 3-wood and he was still 20 yards short. It was like 200 yards, 180 downwind, downhill, so just shows how much wind there was.”
Palanyandi shot five-over 76 in his first career PGA Tour start, but he wasn’t the only one who had trouble with the wind, which was steady at about 20 mph and gusted up to 35 mph. Several players shot 80. Nick Watney said he took his hat off close to 10 times so it wouldn’t blow away, although one time he was caught off guard and it, in fact, did blow away. He shot a one-under 70.
‘You couldn’t physically walk’: Wild winds create chaos on PGA Tour
“Tough day and I’m happy to be done; I’ll say that,” Watney said.
All of this makes the six-under 65s by Brandon Hagy and Chad Ramey even more impressive. They share the lead. Semi-good news for golfers, though: Friday’s weather will be better, but barely. The forecast calls for winds of 10-15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Rain and wind are then both expected on the weekend. This week’s winner will earn that trophy.
How to watch the Butterfield Bermuda Championship
You can watch Round 2 of the 2021 Butterfield Bermuda Championship from 1:30-4:30 p.m. ET on Friday on Golf Channel. For streaming, visit golfchannel.com/watch or nbcsports.com/live.
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2021 Butterfield Bermuda Championship Round 2 tee times (ET)
Tee No. 1
6:35 a.m. – Fabian Gomez, Sangmoon Bae, Scott Stallings
6:46 a.m. – Sean O’Hair, Olin Browne, Cameron Percy
6:57 a.m. – D.A. Points, John Senden, Andres Romero
7:08 a.m. – Peter Malnati, Denny McCarthy, Brandon Hagy
7:19 a.m. – David Hearn, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
7:30 a.m. – Mito Pereira, Lucas Herbert, Brandon Wu
7:41 a.m. – Joseph Bramlett, Austin Smotherman, Patrick Flavin
7:52 a.m. – Nick Hardy, Chad Ramey, Kyle Wilshire
8:03 a.m. – John Merrick, Justin Lower, Chaka DeSilva
8:14 a.m. – Michael Gligic, Curtis Thompson, Ludvig Aberg
8:25 a.m. – Cody Gribble, Adam Svensson, Jordan Gumberg
11:15 a.m. – Chris Stroud, Adam Hadwin, Matt Every
11:26 a.m. – Richard Johnson, Ricky Barnes, Beau Hossler
11:37 a.m. – Ted Potter Jr., Robert Garrigus, Daniel Chopra
11:48 a.m. – Nick Watney, Luke Donald, Matt Fitzpatrick
11:59 a.m. – Brian Gay, Nick Taylor, Camilo Villegas
12:10 p.m. – David Lingmerth, Scott Brown, Matthew NeSmith
12:21 p.m. – Jim Knous, Hayden Buckley, Aaron Rai
12:32 p.m. – Chase Seiffert, Ben Kohler, Greg Koch
12:43 p.m. – Seth Reeves, Greyson Sigg, Austin Eckroat
12:54 p.m. – Andrew Novak, Max McGreevy, Jay McLuen
1:05 p.m. – Lee Hodges, Matt Hill
Tee No. 10
6:35 a.m. – Michael Kim, Patrick Rodgers, Scott Gutschewski
6:46 a.m. – Danny Lee, Seung-Yul Noh, Peter Uihlein
6:57 a.m. – Greg Chalmers, Ben Martin, Johnson Wagner
7:08 a.m. – Garrick Higgo, Patrick Reed, Danny Willett
7:19 a.m. – Seamus Power, Dylan Frittelli, Graeme McDowell
7:30 a.m. – Jason Dufner, Arjun Atwal, Kramer Hickok
7:41 a.m. – Stephan Jaeger, David Skinns, Harry Hall
7:52 a.m. – Vincent Whaley, Alex Smalley, Guido Migliozzi
8:03 a.m. – Matthias Schwab, Kurt Kitayama, Dylan Wu
8:14 a.m. – Davis Riley, Callum Tarren, Thomas Detry
8:25 a.m. – Sahith Theegala, Michael Sims, Brian Morris
11:15 a.m. – Kevin Stadler, Anirban Lahiri, J.J. Spaun
11:26 a.m. – Vaughn Taylor, Brendon de Jong, Mark Hubbard
11:37 a.m. – Austin Cook, Ryan Armour, Russell Knox
11:48 a.m. – Martin Trainer, Brian Stuard, Hank Lebioda
11:59 a.m. – Tommy Gainey, Parker McLachlin, Sepp Straka
12:10 p.m. – J.J. Henry, Jonathan Byrd, John Rollins
12:21 p.m. – David Lipsky, Taylor Pendrith, Erik Barnes
12:32 p.m. – Ben Crane, Jason Kohn, John Pak
12:43 p.m. – Ted Purdy, Brett Drewitt, Damian Palanyandi
12:54 p.m. – Bo Hoag, Dawie van der Walt, Camiko Smith