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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
John Huggan at St Andrews

‘It will be a battle’: world’s best golfers braced for wild, windy Women’s Open

South Korea’s Amy Yang tries to shelter from the wind and rain behind an umbrella.
South Korea’s Amy Yang tries to shelter from the wind and rain behind an umbrella. Photograph: Morgan Harlow/R&A/Getty Images

A recent poll confirmed what has long been suspected. The British obsession with the weather is a fact, meteorological conversations apparently taking place, on average, five times a day. Which is nowhere near how often the subject has come up at St Andrews this week.

With forecasts for the coming days suggesting high winds and regular bouts of torrential rain, the possibility of delays to play in the AIG Women’s Open over the storied Old Course is best described as “high”.

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