Earlier within the week, Northeast Florida acquired north of three inches of rain, dampening TPC Sawgrass and the encircling area.
However since that entrance blew by means of Ponte Vedra Seaside, TPC Sawgrass has seen nothing however sunny skies and mild breezes. Some fairways and approaches stay damp from Monday’s precipitation, however the greens are pretty much as good as gold. That’s as a result of the Sawgrass agronomy workforce has the luxurious of getting a SubAir system, which may create no matter inexperienced situations desired. Primarily, each inexperienced at Sawgrass has a big fan and irrigation system beneath its floor, permitting AubAiur to warmth the greens, dry them out, dampen them, or regardless of the climate requires. The roughly three inches of rain did nothing to gradual these greens out due to this unimaginable expertise. Augusta Nationwide famously employs SubAir for his or her greens, too, making any precipitation at The Masters solely a minor inconvenience.
As for precipitation at this 12 months’s Gamers Championship, the day with the best likelihood of rain is late on Sunday. Till then, temperatures will hover within the low-to-mid 70s with the breeze blowing south and east off the Atlantic. The windiest day will seemingly be Saturday, with gusts anticipated to succeed in as much as 30 miles per hour by late afternoon. Last teams beware, particularly after they arrive on the sixteenth, seventeenth, and 18th holes.
Right here is that this week’s forecast, ready by meteorologist Wade Stettner of DTN:
Spherical 1 — Thursday, Mar. 13
Climate: Sunny
Probability of Rain: 0%
Temperature: Excessive of 73, Low of 55
Winds: Calm within the AM, SE 8-15 mph within the PM
Spherical 2 — Friday, Mar. 14
Climate: Sunny
Probability of Rain: 0%
Temperature: Excessive of 72, Low of 58
Winds: Calm within the AM, E 8-15 mph within the PM
Spherical 3 — Saturday, Mar. 15
Climate: Sunny, Windy
Probability of Rain: 0%
Temperature: Excessive of 76, Low of 63
Winds: SE 15-25 mph, with gusts as much as 30 mph
Spherical 4 — Sunday, Mar. 16
Climate: Thunderstorms Late, Breezy
Probability of Rain: 50%
Temperature: Excessive of 78, Low of 68
Winds: S 14-21 mph, with gusts as much as 28 mph
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