On Thursday, the 2012 Shell Houston Open’s first round got underway. A good portion of the field of 144 golfers were able to get their rounds completed before the rain began to fall and play was suspended.
Shell Houston 2012 Weather Delay: Play Postponed Due To Rain
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On Thursday afternoon, the official PGA Tour Twitter feed relayed the information that the day’s play would be suspended due to weather. Play will resume on Friday at 7:30 a.m. local time and the remaining golfers will complete their first round.
About 30 golfers have not yet teed off, while a healthy number of others are still in the middle of their opening round. Phil Mickelson, for example, is only on the third hole and is currently 1-under. Charl Schwartzel is in the same position.
Atop the leaderboard, both having completed their rounds, are Carl Pettersson and Angel Cabrera, both at 7-under. Jim Herman is in a good position to catch them when play resumes, as he is tied with two others at 6-under, but is only on the 15th hole, while Jeff Maggert and Ricky Barnes have finished their full 18.
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