Waiting and Waiting in Puerto Rico

Omar opened up his first round at the Puerto Rico Open yesterday..finally. Round 1 was essentially washed out on Thursday, with only a few groups making it off the tee, and the round continued on Friday morning..only to be delayed again shortly thereafter, with Omar making a par on his first hole before play was called. Fortunately, the troops got back out on the course again later in the afternoon, where Omar was able to fashion together three birdies, good enough to give him solo fourth place heading into the evening (with only half the field having teed off, however).

As things go, Omar was not able to build momentum from his fine start, as he played his back nine this morning in one over par, finished up with a disappointing bogey on the par-5 18th. Round 2 has gotten underway, and it is looking like Omar will not be teeing off in Round 2 until tomorrow morning. The cut line is floating between even and 1 under, and at minus 2, Omar has a bit of a cushion.

After missing four cuts in a row, he needs to get something going soon, and a made cut here would steady his ship. A solid even par round in Round 2 would probably do it. Why not go lower, though? Conditions tomorrow morning should be ripe for scoring, and we'll see if he can take advantage of them and get in a confidence-boosting round.