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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 25/08/2010 (5821 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
BY Winnipeg standards, it hasn’t been a completely typical summer.
Hot, yes, But windy, not so much.
Until this week.
On Monday and Tuesday at the CN Canadian Women’s Open, things were back to Winnipeg form.
Monday’s temperature reached 25 degrees before falling throughout the afternoon. Winds gusted to 63 kilometres per hour.
Tuesday was much cooler and cloudier. Seventeen degrees was about the day’s best temperature and winds gusted much of the day as high as 58 kilometres per hour.
Alena Sharp, the top-ranked Canadian on the LPGA Tour this season, arrived in Winnipeg Monday morning, in time to play in the Monday Women’s Pro-Am.
“Coming into Winnipeg, I arrived yesterday morning at 10 and the captain says, well, we have gusty winds coming in, so you need to have your seatbelt on,” Sharp said. “It was 30 minutes before we landed.
“And I got to the range, and it’s really strong.
“Yesterday the wind was stronger than it was at the British (Open).”
Most of the players in this week’s field have never seen St. Charles Country Club, so they braved the iffy weather to at least get a look at the course.
“I played the golf course (Monday) and really enjoyed it even though it was blowing so hard out there,” Sharp said.
“You just never know what’s going to happen. Weather changes. Yeah, it might be nice the rest of the week but you’ve got to be prepared for everything.
“It’s good for me because I needed to work on hitting off-balance shots so I feel more comfortable now and if it does get windy this weekend I’ll know how to handle it.”
The forecast for the remainder of the week is much more pleasant and less breezy, with temperatures expected to reach as high at 30 degrees by Friday.
And given that the worst of the early-week rain clouds passed by St. Charles, that should bring the golf course very close to the firm-and-fast condition that organizers and superintendent Kerry Watkins desire.
tim.campbell@freepress.mb.ca
