MELBOURNE, Australia – Jhonattan Vegas woke up Thursday expecting the worst of Melbourne's weather after officials moved up the tee times by an hour to try to beat expected rain in the afternoon.
He was pleasantly surprised to see the sun shining.
He and his Venezuelan partner Joseph Naffah shot 7-under 65 and were three strokes behind leading South Korea, England and Australia at the World Cup.
''I really thought that we were going to have a little rain, a lot of wind, rain gear,'' Vegas said. ''It was going to be one of those crazy days.