Wind

October 26th, 2026

Weather causes cancellation of Sunday AND Monday play in Bermuda, PGA Tour to cut event to 54 holes and hold a Monday playoff

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October 25th, 2026

Green speeds reduced and all major signage removed as dire weather forecast threatens PGA Tour event

The PGA Tour is facing some tough decisions over the next 24 hours because of the weather at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

July 15th, 2026

Open Championship 2026: Adam Scott predicts drama to unfold at sun-baked Birkdale

Australian golfing great Adam Scott feels the shortest and straightest hitters will have an advantage at Royal Birkdale as the 154th Open Championship gets underway.

July 15th, 2026

Playing in the wind? Don’t make these classic club selection mistakes

Struggling in windy conditions? LPGA Hall of Famer Judy Rankin shares her tried and tested tips for club selection and tempo, whether you’re hitting into the wind or riding it downwind.

June 19th, 2026

US Open 2026: 5 examples of how the wind wreaked havoc at Shinnecock

Wind dominated round one at Shinnecock Hills and the numbers tell a wild story. From tee shots travelling 121 yards further downwind than into it, to the seventh green repelling two thirds of the field, here are five ways the conditions shaped day one at the US Open.

April 7th, 2026

Masters 2026: The clever way pros and caddies prepare for Augusta National’s confusing wind

February 13th, 2026

Watch Scottie Scheffler hit DRIVER(!) on Pebble Beach’s 152-metre par-3 17th due to high winds

The gusts roaring across the Monterey Peninsula have already produced some memorable highlights at the site of this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

July 16th, 2025

There’s a right and wrong way to try to hit the ball low. Scottie Scheffler’s coach explains

Hitting the ball low is a skill all golfers need to excel in the wind, as a lower-flighted shot is less impacted by the wind. The issue is many players try to hit the ball low the wrong way.

July 16th, 2025

Open Championship 2025: The one problem Bryson DeChambeau couldn’t solve – until now

Speaking to the press overnight (Australian time) at Royal Portrush, DeChambeau acknowledged he’s altering his approach to battling wind this week, benching brute force for precision and patience.

July 11th, 2025

Open Championship 2025: Everything you need to know about putting in windy conditions

The adjustments players have to make on the greens are more subtle than on the fairway, but look closely and you’ll see them. You may even learn more about putting.

This small detail can decide if you make or miss putts – a top teacher shows why

British Open 2024: The wind kicked everyone’s ass, and it was a delight

Open Championship 2024: The wind kicked everyone’s ass, and it was a delight

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Watch Tony Finau hit driver(!) to Pebble Beach’s short par-3 seventh in gale-force wind

Matt Fitzpatrick says it’s so windy in Bermuda he was ‘scared to death’ of an 18-inch putt

HUGE BLOW: Here’s why they needed to stop play at Genesis Invitational

It’s not raining in Hawaii, so what is Bryson DeChambeau doing with an umbrella while putting?

December 10th, 2020

Carnage as 60kph gusts lead to crazy high scores, 24 WDs and a 12-putt (!!) in amateur event

There’s “carnage” and then there’s “we should probably cancel this thing due to the hurricane-like winds which has made the course unplayable.”

August 21st, 2020

How strong is the wind at Royal Troon? Nelly Korda said it was hard to walk, let alone play golf

Golf in Scotland is expected to be tough, but if it’s hard to stay upright, this sounds like a different level of difficulty.

January 30th, 2020

Gale Force

How to use the wind to your advantage.

February 1st, 2016

VIDEO: Billy Horschel tries everything to hit a par 3 in blustering conditions

Hat backwards, choking down on a 5-iron and hitting a punch draw – Billy Horschel tried EVERYTHING just to get his ball to the green on a short par 3 at Torrey Pines. And it still didn’t work.

Leaderboard

World Wide Technology Championship - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Chris Kirk	-9	-	2
T2	Beau Hossler	-8	2	2
T2	Nick Dunlap	-8	-	2
T2	Zac Blair	-8	-	2
T5	Matthieu Pavon	-7	-	2
T5	Harry Hall	-7	-	2
T5	Taylor Montgomery	-7	-	2
T5	Kensei Hirata	-7	-	2
T5	Ben James	-7	-	2
T10	Peter Malnati	-6	-	2
T10	Ryan Gerard	-6	-	2
T10	Blades Brown	-6	-	2
T10	Karl Vilips	-6	-	2
T10	Joe Highsmith	-6	-	2
T10	Alejandro Tosti	-6	-	2
T10	Patton Kizzire	-6	-	2
T17	Ben Martin	-5	-	2
T17	Brice Garnett	-5	-	2
T17	Rico Hoey	-5	-	2
T17	Johnny Keefer	-5	-	2
T17	Will Gordon	-5	-	2
T17	Max Greyserman	-5	-	2
T17	Andrew Putnam	-5	-	2
T17	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-5	-	2
T17	Hayden Springer	-5	-	2
T17	David Ford	-5	-	2
T17	Jay Leng	-5	17*	1
T17	Zach Bauchou	-5	-	2
T29	Tyler Duncan	-4	2	2
T29	Hank Lebioda	-4	1	2
T29	Ben Kohles	-4	1*	2
T29	Chad Ramey	-4	-	2
T29	Denny McCarthy	-4	-	2
T29	Matt Kuchar	-4	-	2
T29	Keith Mitchell	-4	-	2
T29	Taylor Pendrith	-4	-	2
T29	Adam Svensson	-4	-	2
T29	Patrick Rodgers	-4	-	2
T29	Kristoffer Ventura	-4	-	2
T29	Paul Peterson	-4	-	2
T29	Pi Coody	-4	-	2
T29	Cam Davis	-4	-	2
T29	Stephan Jaeger	-4	-	2
T29	Camilo Villegas	-4	-	2
T29	Neal Shipley	-4	-	2
T29	Isaiah Salinda	-4	-	2
T29	Austin Eckroat	-4	-	2
T48	Taylor Moore	-3	2	2
T48	Emiliano Grillo	-3	2*	2
T48	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	-3	1	2
T48	Kevin Streelman	-3	-	2
T48	David Skinns	-3	-	2
T48	Jackson Suber	-3	-	2
T48	Sami Valimaki	-3	-	2
T48	Kevin Yu	-3	-	2
T48	Nick Taylor	-3	-	2
T48	Tom Hoge	-3	-	2
T48	Takumi Kanaya	-3	-	2
T48	Pontus Nyholm	-3	-	2
T48	Alejandro Madariaga	-3	-	2
T48	Jeffrey Kang	-3	-	2
T48	Marcelo Rozo	-3	-	2
T48	Erik van Rooyen	-3	-	2
T48	Ben Silverman	-3	-	2
T48	Austin Hitt	-3	-	2
T48	Luke Clanton	-3	-	2
T48	Alvaro Ortiz	-3	-	2
T48	Muzzy Donohue	-3	-	2
T48	Trace Crowe	-3	16*	1
T48	John VanDerLaan	-3	16*	1
T48	John Parry	-3	-	2
T48	Seamus Power	-3	-	2
T73	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	-2	2*	2
T73	Kevin Roy	-2	1*	2
T73	Rasmus Højgaard	-2	1*	2
T73	Justin Lower	-2	-	2
T73	Max McGreevy	-2	-	2
T73	Tony Finau	-2	-	2
T73	Patrick Fishburn	-2	-	2
T73	Jackson Koivun	-2	-	2
T73	Ben Griffin	-2	-	2
T73	Lucas Glover	-2	-	2
T73	Billy Horschel	-2	-	2
T73	Garrick Higgo	-2	-	2
T73	Danny Walker	-2	-	2
T73	Christo Lamprecht	-2	-	2
T73	Tyler Collet	-2	-	2
T73	Jesper Svensson	-2	17*	1
T73	Jordan Smith	-2	-	2
T90	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-1	-	2
T90	Rafael Campos	-1	-	2
T90	Preston Stout	-1	-	2
T90	Davis Riley	-1	-	2
T90	David Lipsky	-1	-	2
T90	Haotong Li	-1	-	2
T96	Dylan Wu	E	-	2
T96	Mackenzie Hughes	E	-	2
T96	Aaron Wise	E	-	2
T96	Chandler Phillips	E	-	2
T96	Zecheng Dou	E	-	2
T101	Joel Dahmen	+1	-	2
T101	William Mouw	+1	-	2
T101	Willie Mack III	+1	-	2
T101	Nicholas Marchese	+1	-	2
T101	Davis Chatfield	+1	-	2
T101	Steven Fisk	+1	-	2
T101	Michael Kim	+1	-	2
T101	Vince Whaley	+1	-	2
T101	A.J. Ewart	+1	-	2
T101	Marco Penge	+1	-	2
T111	Mark Hubbard	+2	-	2
T111	Lyon Lazare	+2	-	2
T113	Lee Hodges	+3	2*	2
T113	Jimmy Stanger	+3	-	2
T113	Chandler Blanchet	+3	-	2
116	Gordon Sargent	+4	-	2
117	Nathan Tseng	+5	-	2
T118	Harry Higgs	+7	1	2
T118	Nicholas Lindheim	+7	-	2
120	Jorge Villar	+15	-	2