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BOURBONNAIS, Ill. -- Leonard Floyd figures he will take a moment to scan the stadium, soak it all in. Then it will be time to show what he can do.The Chicago Bears are counting on big things from the outside linebacker after drafting him with the ninth overall pick. That starts with the preseason opener against the Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos on Thursday night.I try to do a circle and look at all the fans and stuff, Floyd said. And I get locked in on focusing on the game.It will be a big moment for Floyd and the Bears. Chicago drafted the Georgia standout with the idea that his speed and athleticism would help jolt a defense that lacked playmakers a year ago.Not only will the Bears be getting their first look at Floyd, they will also be seeing receiver Kevin White in a game situation for the first time.The No. 7 pick in the 2015 draft, he was sidelined last season by a fractured shin. Instead of forming a fierce tandem with Alshon Jeffery, White was a spectator.The Bears, meanwhile, are trying to pick themselves up after going 6-10 and finishing last in the NFC North. With just 11 wins over the past two years, they come into their second season under general manager Ryan Pace and coach John Fox looking for much more.The development of Floyd and White could go a long way toward determining if they get it.Its all about that `exam, Fox said. Those exams are those preseason games and I cant think of a better test than the defending world champs Thursday night.The Bears are trying to build a strong young core under Pace and Fox after years of shaky drafting under former GMs Jerry Angelo and Phil Emery. It sure would help if White and Floyd thrived, and there are big expectations for both players.The 6-foot-4 Floyd is a key addition to a defense that made big strides last season under coordinator Vic Fangio yet still had some huge deficiencies. Chicago rose from 30th to 14th in the rankings but tied for 22nd in sacks and was just 30th in interceptions.The Bears addressed that by overhauling their front seven, adding 336-pound free agent defensive end Akiem Hicks and backing him with inside linebackers Danny Trevathan and Jerrell Freeman. With his speed and athleticism, Floyd brings a skillset that management believes will produce bigger numbers in the NFL than in college. Floyd had 4 1/2 sacks for Georgia last season, but he wont be dropping back in coverage the way he did in college.He will also be playing on both sides of the field and occasionally move inside, which could give him an edge over slower guards.It gives me an opportunity to make plays from different areas on the field, Floyd said. Pretty much all outside linebackers have the opportunity to play left, right and sometimes in the middle.The past two weeks have been eye opening for Floyd.Hes been soaking up as much as he can from the coaches as well as veterans such as Willie Young, Sam Acho and Pernell McPhee, trying to improve on his weaknesses. Hes trying to stay patient and focus on the big picture. But he also understands the pressure to make a quick impact.Ive got the highest expectations on myself, he said. I put the most on myself.Game notes Jeffery said no decision has been made about whether he will play on Thursday. The receiver practiced on a limited basis Monday and Tuesday after suffering a mild hamstring strain last week. 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"It was so bizarre," Cristie Kerr said after the longest day on the shortest course. Severe flooding earlier in the week left much of the Ocean Club under water. The LPGA decided to use the holes that were available, and two of those holes had to be converted into par 3s because bunkers had caved in from a foot of rain that fell in a five-hour stretch Tuesday night. The hope was to complete three rounds of 12 holes to make the inaugural Bahamas Classic official. On the LPGA Tour, 36 holes have to be completed for it to count. Even with a 12-hole, par-45 course, that was going to be a challenge because of a three-hour delay for lightning. Twenty-seven players failed to finish the round. The day ended with Na Yeon Choi sprinting to the final hole so her group could tee off before the horn sounded to stop play because of darkness. Thats not unusual. What was different was the routing. She was on the third green, and the final hole in the setup was No. 8, meaning Choi had to run around a lake, through some vegetation, behind the seventh green and across a dirt path. If nothing else, she saw a beautiful sunset along the eighth fairway. And she finished. The first round is to resume at 8 a.m. Anna Nordqvist ran off three straight birdies early in her round for a 5-under 40, tied with three others. The group at 41 included Alena Sharp of Hamilton, Ont., Suzann Pettersen and Brittany Lang. Maude Aimee Leblanc of Sherbrooke, Que., was on the course at 4-under when play was called. Stephanie Sherlock of Barrie, Ont., is six back with a 45. Sara-Maude Juneau of Fossambault-sur-le-lac, Que., is another shot back. Rebecca Lee-Bentham of Toronto had a 47, and Sue Kim of Langley, B.C., a 48. Charlottetowns Lorie Kane limped in with a 50. More than one player smiled coming out of the scoring tent and mockingly celebrated their lowest round ever. Bowie Young looked at it differently. "I can remember trying to shoot 39 for nine holes, and thats happened this year," Bowie Young said. "Ive shot well over that for nine holes." Nordqvist fared much better than the other two players in her group -- Inbee Park and Stacy Lewis, Nos. 1 and 2 in the womens world ranking. Park failed to make a single birdie in her round of 1-over 46. Lewis was going along fine until the par-5 11th, her sixth hole. She pulled her second shot just into a bunker, leaving an awkward third shot from about 50 yards that had to clear another bunker. She clipped it clean, and itt sailed over the back of the green and into the water, leading to double bogey.dddddddddddd Lewis birdied her next two holes and had a 1-under 44. The LPGA Tour signed up Pure Silk and the Bahamas Tourism Ministry as title sponsors and wanted to do all it could to play golf in the first year of this event, even if that meant going to extremes of playing a 12-hole course with the holes out of sequence to help with the flow. Everyone teed off on No. 10, and then headed to the front nine. Park was leaving the green when she stopped to make sure she knew where she was going -- a 120-yard walk across a waste area to the sixth tee. They played sixth and the seventh, and then headed over to the fourth hole. And thats when it got really crowded. At one point, there were nine players in a 50-yard radius. Morgan Pressel was in the second group, which was coming off the third green and headed to the eighth tee. "Were just going to play through," Jacqui Concolino said with a smile to Park, Lewis and Nordqvist. They were walking off the seventh green and headed to No. 4. Juli Inkster, Catriona Matthew and Candie Kung were approaching the seventh green. There was a lot of traffic. The Lewis trio got into carts, because the tee on par-4 fourth hole was moved to about 130 yards of the green. There was standing water in the fairways -- it looked more like small ponds -- though the problem was a large bunker right of the green that was unplayable. Tour officials couldnt afford players going into the bunker, and they made the muddy mess easier to avoid by making it a short par 3. Thats what surprised the players the most. Most of them were on board with a 12-hole course -- remember, Prestwick was only 12 holes when the British Open was played on the links 15 times back in the day -- in an effort to have a tournament. They just didnt realize there would be five par 3s. It felt like an executive course. Laura Davies had a 2-under 43. She was all smiles on her way to the golf course, and full of a few quips. "This should be a lot of fun," Davies said. "I just hope I dont get disqualified if I cant find my way to the next tee. Ill just walk slow and follow everybody else." Kerr finally got going with two birdies on her last three holes for a 1-under 44. She arrived at the course at 11:30 a.m., unaware there was a storm delay, and spent five hours at the course before she finally teed off. The hardest part of her day was the scorecard. There wasnt time to make new scorecards to reflect the routing of the holes -- 10, 6, 7, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 14, 2, 3, 8 -- so she was filling in numbers that looked out of place. "I had to check it six times," Kerr said. "Youre putting a 2 or a 3 where it shows a par 5 and a 5 where it shows a par 3. But we all got it right. Theyre doing the best we can with what we have. Everyone is here. Everyone wants to play." LPGA Tour Commissioner Mike Whan is trying to avoid a Monday finish because several players have U.S. Womens Open qualifying early next week. 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