MARANA, AZ (Tucson News Now) -
All week golf officials
have been paying close attention to the weather reports and have altered the
course to keep play moving today.
Tucson News Now spoke
recently with the general manager for Dove Mountain, who said officials with
the golf championship who make the decisions have seen a trend the past few
days. All the weather forecasts have
become realities.
As for today's wind, they
are aware of it and are slowing the greens down to compensate.
How they do that is by
adding extra water and not trimming the grass down as short as they usually
do. In ideal conditions, greens are like
a table, smooth and flat. But with the
wind today, it could blow a ball right off the green. That is the tipping point; the course has to
remain competitive.
"We are expecting cold and
breezy conditions. It's gonna be tough
on those players, but the tough will survive, and we will have some matches
tomorrow," commented Gerald Goodman, the executive director of Accenture Match
Play Championship.
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