You can't control the rain, until they build a domed course. But you can count on it, especially here. In 1967, Jack Nicklaus won the first Westchester Classic. But the rain played havoc. They didn't play the second round until Monday, pushing the tournament three days into the next week before the Golden Bear beat Dan Sikes by a stroke.
Great storms roll through here.
Lately, more than ever. Thursday, when rain washed out Tiger's much-anticipated return to the tournament, it marked the fourth time in the last five years that weather had suspended all or part of the schedule. Sometimes, it's been just a quick storm, like the two-hour cloudburst that knocked the final strokes of Ernie Els' second consecutive Classic victory off CBS in 1997. Sometimes, though, it's been a monsoon, like the deluge that cut the tournament to 54 holes a year later, giving J.P. Hayes the only victory of his PGA Tour career. His high-water mark, so to speak.