Rough weather expected during the PGA Championship
The last major of the year, the PGA Championship is about to start. The stage for this prestigious event is the Kiawah Island Golf Resort, the Ocean Course. The event tees off on the 9th of August and being a four day event, it will end on the
12th of August.
The best players in the world of golf will gather at one point to fight for glory. The players are going to put up splendid performances to impress the spectators. Some are likely to be successful while others might fail.
One of the players under the spot light for the tournament is world number one, Luke Donald. He is the only player who has occupied the number one spot for so long and has not won even a single major.
This Thursday, he will be looking to bag his career’s first major at the Kiawah.
Donald went to the course to practice his swing and to familiarize himself with the fairways and the greens. In the practice session, he had to coupe up with strong winds that made the course even harder.
After the practice session, in an interview, the English professional golfer said, “I teed off this morning at 7:00 a.m. and it was a 25-mile-an-hour wind that lasted about 45 minutes. Got called in for half an hour came back out and the wind was completely
different and just five miles an hour”.
“Obviously the conditions are changing from hour to hour, and that's making it difficult on this course. With barely any wind, the course offers you some opportunities but under some tougher conditions, this is a very tough test,” he added.
He made this clear that the weather is very unpredictable and it is going to make the golfers’ job even harder. In these circumstances, the tee time of the players will also greatly affect the outcome of the game.
It has been forecasted that the weather during the tournament is not going to be very friendly for the players. There are chances of a thunderstorm, rain, lightening and strong winds.
Tiger Woods, however, seemed very confident and had no problems with the rough weather.
“We're so accustomed to them,” the 14-times Major winner added. “Rain delays are part of summer months. As long as we get enough time to loosen up and warm up and get back into rhythm, that's fine”.
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