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Miraculously, the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship only ran a day behind schedule. Southern Scotland was pounded by storms over the weekend, drenching the region and flooding the tournament’s trio of courses. Carnoustie Golf Links, however, bore the brunt of the weather, and by Sunday afternoon the iconic track sat mostly underwater. Check out the incredible scenes below.
Carnoustie at 15:20. Tricky tee shot at 17. @ewenmurray77 @dunhilllinks @dpwtc @BenColeyGolf
Take a miracle for this to be on tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/XoIjqc3Pv3— Dylan (@ArbroathJambo) October 8, 2023
Truly shocking. Needless to say, the weather at tour venues hasn’t been great this year. We’ve seen flooding, but also blankets of eerie wildfire smog along the eastern seaboard of America, massive funnel clouds swirling over the US Midwest and Titleist-sized hail destroying a local C.C. in Minnesota. The good news, though, is that despite the grim outlook for Carnoustie on Sunday, the grounds crew worked through the night and play restarted mid-Monday morning local time. It was still pretty soggy, but any golf is better than no golf.
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The storm system wreaked havoc across Scotland throughout the weekend, leading to more than 50 flood warnings, countless power outages and even one confirmed tornado. The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship was the least of anyone’s concerns, but the fact tournament did conclude on Monday is a little silver lining to one whopper of a rain cloud. Matthew Fitzpatrick, fresh off a big Ryder Cup performance, eventually won at 19-under. We’re no meteorologists, but perhaps his hot play helped dry out the course.
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This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
