The begin of first spherical play on the PGA Championship was pushed again by no less than one hour and quarter-hour attributable to frost on Thursday as in a single day temperatures plunged under freezing at Oak Hill Country Club.
Americans Shaun Micheel, Braden Shattuck and New Zealand’s Steven Alker had been scheduled to guide the 156 participant discipline out at 7am ET (1100 GMT) however will now tee off 75 minutes after observe services are capable of reopen.
“Due to frost, all Oak Hill Country Club practice facilities and the golf course are currently closed,” the PGA of America stated in an announcement. “To protect playing surfaces, everyone on-site must stay off any grass and gates will not open until the frost clears.”
With temperatures at minus two Celsius (28 Fahrenheit) Oak Hill was left coated in a layer of white, trying extra like Christmas, with employees and employees bundled up in winter hats, jackets and gloves.
Located in upstate New York on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, climate circumstances had already been a priority across the 12 months’s second main which was moved from late summer season to May in a reshuffling of the calendar in 2019.
Temperatures are anticipated to recuperate over the weekend however with the forecast calling for rain on Saturday.