At least one player is upset with the PGA conditions at soaked Baltusrol

We thought there might be weather trouble on Friday morning at the PGA Championship, and our first delay this week came just over an hour into the second round. The stoppage did not come from lightning but rather “non-dangerous weather conditions.” That means the course had become overrun with water from all the rain that fell overnight and continued early on Friday morning.

Fortunately, the delay was not expected to last long and the rain should be moving out of the area. The players were told to stay in place and not come back to the clubhouse, as they would if the PGA expected it to be a lengthy disruption.

Play resumed at 8:55 a.m. ET, so the stoppage lasted about 50 minutes. It did not happen without controversy, however, as one competitor, Colt Knost, angrily tweeted his displeasure with the PGA sending them out in the rain at 7 a.m. but not using lift, clean and place as the PGA Tour would often let them do at one of their events when a course becomes soaked.

Also known as lift, clean and cheat, that’s anathema at a major championship but not unprecedented. Knost was also unhappy with a specific pin placement on No. 10.

According to Golf Channel’s Ryan Lavner, they did change multiple pins at the last minute, but before the players got out there and not during the delay.

Whether Knost was operating with an updated pin sheet would be the next question.

The good news is that the forecast looks clear for the rest of Friday, a day that initially looked awful and full of long delays at the start of the week.