Golf News: Professional golfers are well-known to congregate in Florida. And even though many athletes are spending the moment hours away from home at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi, their hearts are where they belong.
Hurricane Ian has wreaked havoc on Florida over the past 24 hours, resulting in widespread flooding and the loss of power for 2.5 million Floridians. This might be “the deadliest hurricane in Florida history,” according to President Joe Biden, who stated this during a Federal Emergency Management Agency briefing on Friday.
One of the Florida locals competing in the Sanderson Farms Championship is Hayden Buckley. The Mississippi native presently resides in Fort Myers, Florida, one of the storm’s epicentres, even if this week’s event is his hometown event.
After shooting a first-round 1-under 71, Buckley stated, “I’m glad to live very far inland. “No, I don’t believe our home flooded. We are extremely fortunate, but there are many others who weren’t, so hopefully, everyone made it to safety. Depending on the scheduling, I might return the following week or the following. I’m hoping they’ve started to rebuild when I return.”
Buckley was fortunate, but the calamity still hung heavily on his mind.
It is understandable that the 26-year-old found it challenging to concentrate throughout his round on Thursday given what is going on at home.
You try to shut out everything you can, he continued, but the truth is that my house will either be there when I get home in the coming weeks or it won’t. Living in North Mississippi, I’ve never had to deal with anything like this. We’ve had some good fortune. Yesterday, my fiance and I discussed it and expressed our optimism that everything is in place.
“When we are away, some nice neighbours take good care of our home. It’s challenging, but I believe I did a good job of concentrating on what I could while out there. I’ll now phone a few of the neighbours to check on everyone and simply hope that everything is good.”
Another player who was concerned about the condition of his home as he began trying to record his first Tour victory at the CC of Jackson was rookie Kevin Roy, who is T-4 after an opening 68. Yesterday, the 32-year-old was “glued” to the news and, like Buckley, claimed it was challenging to ignore what was occurring at home. His Tampa home, though, was spared significant damage.
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