Open weather jinx strikes again

IT’S not always easy to feel sorry for touring golf professionals given the money and lavish lifestyle they enjoy.

But even the most hard hearted of cynics would have softened at what unfolded at Carton House yesterday.

It was simply horrific. Forty mile an hour winds gusting to more than 50 mph caused a six-hour cessation of play at 12.45pm. And when the gales relented slightly and play resumed at 5.40pm, the heavens immediately opened and lashed the players for the next 90 minutes or so.