ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – The forecast for the second and third rounds here is so miserable that players have been talking about it since they arrived at the Old Course.
Sure, the weather can change on an hourly basis, but right now players are bracing themselves for heavy rain and winds gusting to 40 mph.
“It looks as if we’re going to have some rough weather coming up,” R&A chief executive Peter Dawson said, “and that’s the Open Championship.”
When the weather gets nasty, it often becomes as much of a test of patience and attitude as skill.