Rain fails to halt Dustin Johnson’s gallop at US Open

When Graeme McDowell checked the local weather forecast for Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on Friday, he was lulled into expecting mild conditions and cloudy skies. 

Threat of rain? No chance. Well, the weatherman was wrong. The skies opened up early in the second round, adding to the challenge at the 118th U.S. Open.

McDowell was caught without waterproofs or an umbrella and he wasn’t alone. Tiger Woods borrowed an umbrella from someone at Fox Sports and a friend of Ernie Els hustled to deliver rain gear to him and fellow competitors Jim Furyk and Webb Simpson.