It’s the second week of June. In New York City, just a stone’s throw from the site of next week’s US Open at Shinnecock Hills, a high of 92 degrees Fahrenheit (33 Celsius) is forecasted on Thursday. Safe to say, across much of the Northern Hemisphere, summer has arrived, but don’t tell that to golfers in St Andrews, who watched the Old Course turn white before their very eyes after a wild storm on Tuesday.
This is insane.
I was there in St Andrews 2 days ago golfing in the sun.
Today I was just across the water playing golf and it was a wonderful weather day.
Yet every golfer in St Andrews had their day ruined. Some lost their Old Course chance!
pic.twitter.com/Vbv8xzLz4i— Rick Golfs (@Top100Rick) June 9, 2026
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If you don’t like the weather in Scotland, just wait a minute. The bizarre meteorological event was an unlucky break for many, forcing the cancellation of several tee-times, but golfers like Griffin Smith (seen below) who were finishing up as the storm blew through got the surreal experience of a lifetime.
It’s the middle of June!
Imagine coming up 18 on the Old Course and playing through a snow storm.
That’s just what happened yesterday.
Feel awful for the guys who lost their round. But for the ones who finished liked this, what a memory!
pic.twitter.com/ErTwePMl5Q— Rick Golfs (@Top100Rick) June 10, 2026
That’s a heck of a story to bore the grandkids with, but not everything was quite what it appeared. The white stuff was largely reported as “snow” across social media, but was in fact a layer of hail dumped by the passing storm. Still, though, golfers were seen playing in pants and jackets with a layer of white blanketing the Home of Golf in June. Whether it was snow, tiny hail pellets or just the big man upstairs shaving his beard, I think we can all agree that this is one of the most bizarre golf weather events we’ve seen in a long time.
