A U.S. Open has broken out at the the Bahamas Great Exuma Classic, which is the first Web.com event of 2017. Amid absolutely insane winds and driving storms, the first-round scoring average swelled to 80.4. For a professional golf event in the Bahamas!

The low round over the first 18 holes belonged to Stephan Jaeger ... who promptly shot an 82 in Round 2.

"I'm kind of used to windy conditions, but this was absurdly windy," said Abraham Ancer who shot a 2-over 74. "It was crazy. I just kept calm, and I knew there were some tough holes out here and I just wanted to make sure I didn't make more than bogey. I'm pretty happy with my score. The golf course is playing extremely hard, and I just have to keep at it. Looks like the wind is going to stay up for the whole four rounds, so it's going to be a grind out here."

Byron Smith had the worst round with a tasty little 95. Here is what a 95 looks like on the scorecard. That is three quadruple bogeys and two triple bogeys. At least he birdied the first!

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The Web.com Tour is experimenting with starting tournaments on Sundays and ending them on Wednesdays early on in the season as to not go against PGA Tour events. The weather was so bad on Sunday, though, that that the first round was not completed until Monday.

Many players might wish it had never been played at all.