The New York metropolitan region has been blessed with an incredibly comfortable eight-week stretch of weather to close out the summer and welcome autumn.
Over the past week, the Pittsburgh area has received upwards of 250 millimetres of rain, according to USGA officials – and even more in the proceeding weeks.
Valhalla is supposed to be hit with rain on Tuesday and Wednesday, and though Thursday’s opening round should provide a respite, storms are expected to return on Saturday and Sunday.
This is supposed to be the greatest show on grass, a giant outdoor party in beautiful weather! Instead, for a second consecutive week the PGA Tour is getting crushed by the elements.
We are yet to reach the midpoint of the summer of 2023-2024, but those working in golf-course maintenance must be wondering what else is in store for this wacky summer of weather.
Alister Scott is the regular first-tee announcer on the DP World Tour, so he’s a pro’s pro. And he proved it on Sunday, bringing the energy and a nice Scottish brogue as he stood sentry and read the names of the 70 golfers who played in rotten weather.
When the new date was first announced, the consensus was that Augusta National would play much longer and much softer in the American autumn, and the early forecast seems to confirm that notion, but not for the reason you think.