BLUFFTON, S.C. –– With temperatures reaching the high 90s Thursday at Colleton River Plantation Club, Kristoffer Reitan wanted to keep his number of holes played to a minimum.
Understandable, considering Reitan is from Oslo, Norway, where temperatures are currently about 30 degrees cooler, and had to play five extra holes Thursday morning to win his first-round match against Cheng Jin.
“I was starting to think if I play another match with 23 holes, that would be really exhausting,” Reitan said. “I’m really happy to have ended it on No. 15.”
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