It was a cold and rainy second day of the Truist Championship at the Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Course, but the conditions didn’t stop thousands of fans from experiencing the world-class golf event.
SOUTH PHILADELPHIA. Don: TURNING TO SPORTS NOW, IT IS DAY TWO OF THE TRUIST CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE PHILADELPHIA CRICKET CLUB. AND THE BIGGEST OPPONENT FOR BOTH GOLFERS AND SPECTATORS, AH, IT WAS MOTHER NATURE. OUR RAY STRICKLAND JOINED THE THOUSANDS OF FANS WHO BRAVED THE ELEMENTS TODAY, AND HE JOINS US LIVE. GOOD EVENING, RAY. Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU, DON, YOU ARE SAID IT RIGHT. FANS AND THE GOLFERS HAD TO DEAL WITH SOME MISERABLE CONDITIONS OUT HERE. NOT EXACTLY THE PICTURESQUE CONDITIONS MANY HAD HOPED FOR, BUT THAT DIDN’T STOP THE SHOWING UP, AND HAVING A GREAT TIME. THE PHILADELPHIA AREA AND BEYOND DESCENDED ON THE PHILADELPHIA CRICKET CLUB FOR THE 2025 TRUIST CHAMPIONSHIP. BRIAN AND HIS WIFE SHARON WERE VISIT SOMETHING THE COURSE FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE RAIN SYMPTOMS, THIS TEN IT GETS WORSE, THEN IT GETS WINDY, BUT THE GOLF IS STILL GREAT. AND IT IS FUN TO WATCH. Reporter: FANS GOT THE CHANCE TO SEE SOME OF THE TOP GOLFERS IN THE WORLD UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL. COURSE ALSO OFFERING SOME GREAT VIEWS, WHICH ISN’T BAD FOR A COURSE HOSTING ITS FIRST EVER PGA TOUR EVENT. PRETTY EXCITE THAT THIS IS THEIR FIRST EVER PGA EVENT THAT THEY’RE HOSTING AND IT WE’RE HAVING A GREAT DAY EVEN DESPITE THE RAIN. Reporter: THE TOURNAMENT WAS ALSO KID-FRIENDLY WHICH MADE IT EASY CHOICE FOR BROOKS AND GIANNI JACKIE’S MOM TO IT IS COOL. I LIKE IT. AND I HAD FUN. I HAD A LOT OF FUN, AND IT WAS GREAT TO BE HERE, AND I SAW MY FAVORITE GOLFER. Reporter: WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE GOLFER? ROOKIE SEILER. TODAY BUT DOT DAYS — BOTH DAYS HAVE BEEN GREAT NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO MUCH BETTER WEATHER COME SATURDAY. LIVE AT THE PHILADELPHIA CRICKET CLUB, RAY STRICKLAND, CBS NEWS PHILADELPHIA. Don: THANK YOU, LET THE PEOPLE KNOW ROUND THREE OF THE