The PGA Championship put the top three players in the world together for the first time in three years on Thursday and the conversation turned to mud.
Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele each had clumps of mud on their golf balls from the middle of the 16th fairway - the hardest hole at Quail Hollow - and saw their shots curve hard to the left, over the green and into the water, leading to double bogeys.
It was like that for most of the day, the product on a course that has been soaked by heavy showers in the three days leading up to the second major of the year, and more rain from late last week.
The PGA of America put out a notice on the eve of the first round saying that the ball would be played as it lies because the turf was "outstanding and drying by the hour."
"We are looking forward to an exciting opening round," the statement said.