Key Highlights
- In at least one regard, the upstart tournament, the second playing of which kicked off Thursday morning here at Feather Sound Country Club, does mimic its more established cousins: the best players from the U. S., Europe and the rest of the world playing for their flags in a format that breaks from the drumbeat of traditional stroke-play events.
- But in far more regards, this World Champions Cup has its own identity.
- For one, no hecklers!AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWe're joking, but only kind of.
- The 18 players who competed in the opening three six-ball sessions Thursday morning were welcomed on the 1st tee by a couple hundred fans peering down on them from a half-filled wraparound grandstand - but not with booming chants of U-S-A or ole-ole-ole or by a foul-mouthed emcee .
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