Until this week we'd never had a snow-out, and then to have two in three days is absolutely incredible. In the 1990 Tradition there was an overnight ice storm coupled with light snow that canceled a round. Senior Tour regulations prohibit carrying tournaments over to Monday, Henning said, because of a host of considerations, including volunteer availability, television broadcasts and previous player commitments. Six of 11 Traditions, including the last three, have been hurt by unusual weather. Even Marsh said the continual bad weather is enough to prompt the tour to discuss different dates.
Players are ready with suggestions.
They discussed swapping the Tradition's dates with the PGA Seniors' Championship's in 2000. The PGA Seniors' traditionally is held the third week in April. Under that scenario, the tour would remain in Florida through March, except one trip to the west coast, before the Tradition. None of the weather woes and controversy, however, left Marsh feeling any less the champion. He shared the first-round lead with Phoenix resident Howard Twitty on a day when the field scoring average was 76.