Golf
Masters weather update as fans left sweating with ‘rain and thunderstorm due’
Fans hoping to get a glimpse of their favourite golfers ahead of the Masters have been disrupted by the inclement weather at Augusta National. While the tournament itself will not begin until Thursday, practice rounds have been scheduled for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
The weather at Augusta was expected to be so poor on Monday that gates for patrons were initially closed ‘until further notice’. According to the forecast, there was a 99 per cent chance of precipitation on Monday with ‘periods of heavy rain and a thunderstorm’.
