First Round of L.P.G.A. Championship Is Postponed by Rain PITTSFORD, N.Y - The first round of the Wegmans L.P.G.A. Championship never started Thursday after heavy rains pounded the Rochester area and saturated Locust Hill Country Club. Officials announced around noon that the championship's first round had been postponed and would instead begin at 7:15 a.m. Eastern time Friday. The L.P.G.A. said it hoped to play the second round Saturday and then have a marathon day of 36 holes Sunday. But the weather forecast for Friday also calls for heavy rain. According to tournament records, a round has never been canceled at Locust Hill Country Club in the course's 37 years of hosting an L.P.G.A. tournament. "We sat inside for a long time," said second-ranked Stacy Lewis, who played cards in the players" locker room before the round was postponed. Coming into the day, everybody knew what the weather was going to be. We knew it was going to be a long day, a long week. Tour officials shut down the practice areas Thursday at 6:15 a.m. when lightning was detected within 10 miles of the course, said the lead rules official, Sue Witters. The lightning had moved out of the area by 8:30 a.m., but by then, several greens were under water and fairways had collected large puddles. The area has received four inches of rain in the last week and a half, including more than an inch Thursday morning. "The goal is to get in 72 holes, and Monday is still on the table," said Witters, referring to a possible Monday finish. We've got a long way to go until we get to Monday. Witters said there was no rain in the forecast for Sunday. With daylight starting in upstate New York around 5:10 a.m. and sunset coming around 9 p.m., she said, she was hopeful for the chance of completing 36 holes. "It's Rochester and everybody's been through this dance before," Witters said. I'm not nervous yet because we still have a lot of time. Players, on the other hand, wonder how tough Locust Hill will play once competition starts. "I think that rough is going to be horrendous after this much rain," said Brittany Lang, who planned to spend Thursday at David's Bridal trying on wedding dresses. Paige Mackenzie spent the morning in the locker room booking tournament travel plans. She said a fourth consecutive week of tournament play at a course set up for a major championship was "about survival anyway." "Whether it's professional golf, amateur golf or college golf, we go through events like this," she said.