Opinion & Analysis
The 10 Best Things about Playing in the Rain
Peeling back the curtains on a golf day can be a nerve-wracking experience, especially if the forecast is sketchy. If there are no puddles on the ground and no storm clouds looming above, most players experience a rush of relief and excitement. On the flipside, any hint of precipitation fills players with a sense of dread and a belief that the golf gods are conspiring against them.
If this sounds like you, read on. You can learn to love playing in the rain, if you focus on the positives.
No. 1: You Can Fire at Flags
When golf courses get wet, they get soft. Soggy conditions lend themselves to aggressive approaches, because the ball will stop wherever it lands.
If you know your carry yardages and can execute a proper swing (remember to keep your grips dry), you can take dead aim on most approach shots.
No. 2: Fast Play
A little precipitation is enough to scare off the vast majority of weekend warriors. When you elect to brave the elements, your reward will be a near-empty course and a sub-4-hour round.
No. 3: Easier Bunker Shots
A symptom of persistent rain is hard-packed sand. Happily for the foul-weather golfer, firm sand is generally more uniform and therefore more predictable than its powdery counterpart. You also get more “bounce” out of firm bunkers, making it easier to get the ball out of the bunker with plenty of spin.
No. 4: It’s Rugged
Fair-weather golfers are pampered creatures. They’ve been coddled by benign climes, pristine fairways and pretty cart girls. They exist in a sanitized bubble, only daring to venture out when conditions are totally in their favour.
Foul-weather golfers, on the other hand, realize that golf, like life, wasn’t meant to be easy. They are robust souls who don’t just thrive on adversity; they actively seek it. In their ongoing battle against par, they are prepared to fight on the golf course’s terms. They don’t allow distractions, like a little bit of water, to stand in their way.
In short, a rainy 18 holes is a cool way of getting outside your comfort zone.
No. 5: It Will Improve Your Game
Playing in the rain is a skill in and of itself. If you’re a tournament player, an ability to thrive in poor conditions could be the difference between a win and a missed cut.
Playing in the wet stuff can also help develop your ball striking. Soft ground and moist air makes the golf course play longer, so you’ll get the chance to hit more middle and long-iron approaches. Soft ground conditions also demand more pure contact, because the effect of hitting the ball fat tends to be amplified.
Perhaps the best benefit of wet-weather golf comes in the mental game. Rain can be a monumental distraction before and during your swing, so you have to work extremely hard to knuckle down and maintain focus. If you can execute your pre-shot routine and remain mentally locked-in throughout a foul-weather round, you’re well on your way to fulfilling your potential.
No. 6: You Can Justify Your Wet Weather Wardrobe
As a GolfWRX reader, you probably have an expensive rain suit stuffed in your golf bag at this very moment.
Given the price of wet weather gear, you need to play a lot of rounds in inclement weather (or else have a serious aversion to rain) for your waterproofs to be considered an economically sound purchase. The next time you’re considering playing in adverse conditions, think of it as a chance to get a better return on your investment.
No. 7: Wet Weather Rules Can be Used to Your Advantage
During and after heavy rainfall, many courses will permit players to lift, clean and place their ball through the green. Known by professional golfers as “lift, clean and cheat,” this local rule gives golfers a rare (and welcome) opportunity to improve their lie without breaching the rules of golf.
Similarly, if a golfer determines his/her ball rests in casual water, or that casual water interferes with his/her stance, that golfer is entitled to take relief under rule 25. You might be able to give yourself a better lie or an easier shot by invoking this rule during your round.
No. 8: Help with Green Reading
Like morning dew, the film of water deposited onto greens by light rain can cause putts to leave a trail. Green reading is relatively easy when the group in front leaves clues as to the direction and amount of break.
No. 9: The Scottish Experience
If you’ve always wanted to tour Scotland with your golf buddies, you can get a reasonable taste of Scottish-style golf by playing a round in the rain at your local course. It’s cheaper than a flight to the British Isles, often just as wet, and it will leave you better prepared for any future golfing adventures across the pond.
No. 10: Play More Golf
If you’re prepared to play in the rain, every day becomes a potential golf day. How good is that?
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Of all the clubs in our bags, wedges are almost always the simplest in construction and, therefore, the easiest to analyze what might make one work differently from another if you know what to look for.
Wedges are a lot less mysterious than drivers, of course, as the major brands are working with a lot of “pixie dust” inside these modern marvels. That’s carrying over more to irons now, with so many new models featuring internal multi-material technologies, and almost all of them having a “badge” or insert in the back to allow more complex graphics while hiding the actual distribution of mass.
But when it comes to wedges, most on the market today are still single pieces of molded steel, either cast or forged into that shape. So, if you look closely at where the mass is distributed, it’s pretty clear how that wedge is going to perform.
To start, because of their wider soles, the majority of the mass of almost any wedge is along the bottom third of the clubhead. So, the best wedge shots are always those hit between the 2nd and 5th grooves so that more mass is directly behind that impact. Elite tour professionals practice incessantly to learn to do that consistently, wearing out a spot about the size of a penny right there. If impact moves higher than that, the face is dramatically thinner, so smash factor is compromised significantly, which reduces the overall distance the ball will fly.
Every one of us, tour players included, knows that maddening shot that we feel a bit high on the face and it doesn’t go anywhere, it’s not your fault.
If your wedges show a wear pattern the size of a silver dollar, and centered above the 3rd or 4th groove, you are not getting anywhere near the same performance from shot to shot. Robot testing proves impact even two to three grooves higher in the face can cause distance loss of up to 35 to 55 feet with modern ‘tour design’ wedges.
In addition, as impact moves above the center of mass, the golf club principle of gear effect causes the ball to fly higher with less spin. Think of modern drivers for a minute. The “holy grail” of driving is high launch and low spin, and the driver engineers are pulling out all stops to get the mass as low in the clubhead as possible to optimize this combination.
Where is all the mass in your wedges? Low. So, disregarding the higher lofts, wedges “want” to launch the ball high with low spin – exactly the opposite of what good wedge play requires penetrating ball flight with high spin.
While almost all major brand wedges have begun putting a tiny bit more thickness in the top portion of the clubhead, conventional and modern ‘tour design’ wedges perform pretty much like they always have. Elite players learn to hit those crisp, spinny penetrating wedge shots by spending lots of practice time learning to consistently make contact low in the face.
So, what about grooves and face texture?
Grooves on any club can only do so much, and no one has any material advantage here. The USGA tightly defines what we manufacturers can do with grooves and face texture, and modern manufacturing techniques allow all of us to push those limits ever closer. And we all do. End of story.
Then there’s the topic of bounce and grinds, the most complex and confusing part of the wedge formula. Many top brands offer a complex array of sole configurations, all of them admittedly specialized to a particular kind of lie or turf conditions, and/or a particular divot pattern.
But if you don’t play the same turf all the time, and make the same size divot on every swing, how would you ever figure this out?
The only way is to take any wedge you are considering and play it a few rounds, hitting all the shots you face and observing the results. There’s simply no other way.
So, hopefully this will inspire a lively conversation in our comments section, and I’ll chime in to answer any questions you might have.
And next week, I’ll dive into the rest of the wedge formula. Yes, shafts, grips and specifications are essential, too.
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Vincenzi’s 2024 RBC Heritage betting preview: Patrick Cantlay ready to get back inside winner’s circle
Just a two-hour drive from Augusta National, the PGA TOUR heads to Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, S.C. Hilton Head Island is a golfer’s paradise and Harbour Town is one of the most beautiful and scenic courses on the PGA TOUR.
Harbour Town Golf Links is a par-71 that measures 7,121 yards and features Bermuda grass greens. A Pete Dye design, the course is heavily tree lined and features small greens and many dog legs, protecting it from “bomb-and-gauge” type golfers.
The field is loaded this week with 69 golfers with no cut. Last year was quite possibly the best field in RBC Heritage history and the event this week is yet another designated event, meaning there is a $20 million prize pool.
Most of the big names on the PGA Tour will be in attendance this week with the exceptions of Hideki Matsuyama and Viktor Hovland. Additionally, Webb Simpson, Shane Lowry, Gary Woodland and Kevin Kisner have been granted sponsors exemptions.
Past Winners at Harbour Town
- 2023: Matt Fitzpatrick (-17)
- 2022: Jordan Spieth (-13)
- 2021: Stewart Cink (-19)
- 2020: Webb Simpson (-22)
- 2019: CT Pan (-12)
- 2018: Sotoshi Kodaira (-12)
- 2017: Wesley Bryan (-13)
- 2016: Branden Grace (-9)
- 2015: Jim Furyk (-18)
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Key Stats For Harbour Town
Let’s take a look at key metrics for Harbour Town Golf Links to determine which golfers boast top marks in each category over their past 24 rounds.
Strokes Gained: Approach
Strokes Gained: Approach is exceedingly important this week. The greens at Harbour Town are about half the size of PGA TOUR average and feature the second-smallest greens on the tour. Typical of a Pete Dye design, golfers will pay the price for missed greens.
Total SG: Approach Over Past 24 Rounds
- Scottie Scheffler (+1.27)
- Tom Hoge (+1.27)
- Corey Conners (+1.16)
- Austin Eckroat (+0.95)
- Cameron Young (+0.93)
Good Drive %
The fairways at Harbour Town are tree lined and feature many dog legs. Bombers tend to struggle at the course because it forces layups and doesn’t allow long drivers to overpower it. Accuracy is far more important than power.
Good Drive % Over Past 24 Rounds
- Brice Garnett (88.8%)
- Shane Lowry (+87.2%)
- Akshay Bhatia (+86.0%)
- Si Woo Kim (+85.8%)
- Sepp Straka (+85.1%)
Strokes Gained: Total at Pete Dye Designs
Pete Dye specialists tend to play very well at Harbour Town. Si Woo Kim, Matt Kuchar, Jim Furyk and Webb Simpson are all Pete Dye specialists who have had great success here. It is likely we see some more specialists near the top of the leaderboard this week.
SG: TOT Pete Dye per round over past 36 rounds:
- Xander Schauffele (+2.27)
- Scottie Scheffler (+2.24)
- Ludvig Aberg (+2.11)
- Brian Harman (+1.89)
- Sungjae Im (+1.58)
4. Strokes Gained: Short Game (Bermuda)
Strokes Gained: Short Game factors in both around the green and putting. With many green-side bunkers and tricky green complexes, both statistics will be important. Past winners — such as Jim Furyk, Wes Bryan and Webb Simpson — highlight how crucial the short game skill set is around Harbour Town.
SG: SG Over Past 24 Rounds
- Jordan Spieth (+1.11)
- Taylor Moore (+1.02)
- Wyndham Clark (+0.98)
- Mackenzie Hughes (+0.86)
- Andrew Putnam (+0.83)
5. Greens in Regulation %
The recipe for success at Harbour Town Golf Links is hitting fairways and greens. Missing either will prove to be consequential — golfers must be in total control of the ball to win.
Greens in Regulation % over past 24 rounds:
- Brice Garnett (+75.0%)
- Scottie Scheffler (+69.9%)
- Corey Conners (+69.0%)
- Shane Lowry (+68.3%)
- Patrick Rodgers (+67.6%)
6. Course History
Harbour Town is a course where players who have strong past results at the course always tend to pop up.
Course History over past 24 rounds:
- Patrick Cantlay (+2.34)
- Cam Davis (+2.05)
- J.T. Poston (+1.69)
- Justin Rose (+1.68)
- Tommy Fleetwood (+1.59)
The RBC Heritage Model Rankings
Below, I’ve compiled overall model rankings using a combination of the five key statistical categories previously discussed — SG: Approach (24%), Good Drives (20%), SG: SG (14%), SG: Pete Dye (14%), GIR (14%), and Course History (14%)
- Shane Lowry
- Russell Henley
- Scottie Scheffler
- Xander Schauffele
- Corey Conners
- Wyndham Clark
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- Matt Fitzpatrick
- Cameron Young
- Ludvig Aberg
2024 RBC Heritage Picks
Patrick Cantlay +2000 (FanDuel)
With the exception of Scottie Scheffler, the PGA Tour has yet to have any of their star players show peak form during the 2024 season. Last week, Patrick Cantlay, who I believe is a top-5 players on the PGA Tour, took one step closer to regaining the form that’s helped him win eight events on Tour since 2017.
Cantlay limped into the Masters in poor form, but figured it out at Augusta National, finishing in a tie for 20th and ranking 17th for the week in Strokes Gained: Ball Striking. The former FedEx Cup champion will now head to one of his favorite golf courses in Harbour Town, where he’s had immaculate results over the years. In his six trips to the course, he’s only finished worse than 7th one time. The other finishes include three third places (2017, 2019, 2023) and one runner-up finish (2022). In his past 36 rounds at Harbour Town, Cantlay ranks 1st in Strokes Gained: Total per round at the course by a wide margin (+2.36).
Cantlay is winless since the 2022 BMW Championship, which is far too long for a player of his caliber. With signs pointing to the 32-year-old returning to form, a “signature event” at Harbour Town is just what he needs to get back on the winning track.
Tommy Fleetwood +3000 (FanDuel)
I truly believe Tommy Fleetwood will figure out a way to win on American soil in 2024. It’s certainly been a bugaboo for him throughout his career, but he is simply too talented to go another season without winning a PGA Tour event.
At last week’s Masters Tournament, Fleetwood made a Sunday charge and ended up finishing T3 in the event, which was his best ever finish at The Masters. For the week, the Englishman ranked 8th in the field in Strokes Gained: Approach, 10th in Strokes Gained: Ball Striking and 16th in Strokes Gained: Putting.
Harbour Town is a perfect layout for Fleetwood, and he’s had relative success at this Pete Dye design in the past. In his four trips to the course, he’s finished inside of the top 25 three times, with his best finish, T10, coming in 2022. The course is pretty short and can’t be overpowered, which gives an advantage to more accurate players such as Fleetwood. Tommy ranks 8th in the field in Good Drive % and should be able to plot his way along this golf course.
The win is coming for Tommy lad. I believe there’s a chance this treasure of a golf course may be the perfect one for him to finally break through on Tour.
Cameron Young +3300 (FanDuel)
Cameron Young had a solid Masters Tournament last week, which is exactly what I’m looking for in players who I anticipate playing well this week at the RBC Heritage. He finished in a tie for 9th, but never felt the pressure of contending in the event. For the week, Young ranked 6th in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee and 6th in Strokes Gained: Ball Striking.
Despite being one of the longest players off the tee on the PGA Tour, Young has actually played some really good golf on shorter tracks. He finished T3 at Harbour Town in 2023 and ranks 20th in the field in Good Drive% and 16th in Greens in Regulation in his past 24 rounds. He also has strong finishes at other shorter courses that can take driver out of a players hand such as Copperhead and PGA National.
Young is simply one of the best players on the PGA Tour in 2024, and I strongly believe has what it takes to win a PGA Tour event in the very near future.
Corey Conners +5500 (FanDuel)
Corey Conners has had a disappointing year thus far on the PGA Tour, but absolutely loves Harbour Town.
At last week’s Masters Tournament, the Canadian finished T30 but ranked 20th in the field in Strokes Gained: Approach. In his past 24 rounds, Conners ranks 3rd in the field in Strokes Gained: Approach, 3rd in Greens in Regulation % and 24th in Good Drive %.
In Conners’ last four trips to Harbour Town, his worst finish was T31, last season. He finished T4 in 2021, T12 in 2022 and ranks 8th in Strokes Gained: Total at the course over his past 36 rounds.
Conners hasn’t been contending, but his recent finishes have been encouraging as he has finished in the top-25 in each of his past three starts prior to The Masters, including an impressive T13 at The PLAYERS. His recent improvement in ball striking as well as his suitability for Harbour Town makes Conners a high upside bet this week.
Shane Lowry (+7500) (FanDuel)
When these odds were posted after Lowry was announced in the field, I have to admit I was pretty stunned. Despite not offering much win equity on the PGA Tour over the last handful of years, Shane Lowry is still a top caliber player who has the ability to rise to the top of a signature event.
Lowry struggled to score at The Masters last week, but he actually hit the ball really well. The Irishman ranked 1st for Strokes Gained: Approach on the week and 7th in Strokes Gained: Ball Striking. As usual, it was the putter that let him down, as he ranked 60th in the field in Strokes Gained: Putting.
Harbour Town is most definitely one of Lowry’s favorite courses on the PGA Tour. In his six starts there, he’s finished in the top 10 three times, including third twice. Lowry is sensational at Pete Dye designs and ranks 7th in Strokes Gained: Total in his past 36 rounds on Dye tracks.
Lowry is perfect for Harbour Town. In his past 24 rounds, he ranks 5th in Strokes Gained: Approach, 2nd in Good Drive% and 5th in Green in Regulation %. If he figures it out on the greens, Shane could have his first win in America since 2015.
Lucas Glover +12000 (FanDuel)
This is one of my weekly “bet the number” plays as I strongly believe the odds are just too long for a player of Glover’s caliber. The odds have been too long on Glover for a few weeks now, but this is the first event that I can get behind the veteran being able to actually contend at.
Glover is quietly playing good golf and returning to the form he had after the understandable regression after his two massive victories at the end of 2023. He finished T20 at The Masters, which was his best ever finish at Augusta National. For the week, Lucas ranked 18th for Strokes Gained: Approach and 20th in Strokes Gained: Ball Striking.
Over his past 24 rounds, Glover ranks 9th in Strokes Gained: Approach and 13th in Good Drive %. Harbour Town is a short course that the 44-year-old will be able to keep up with the top players on Tour off the tee. He’s played the course more than 20 times, with mixed results. His best finishes at Harbour Town include a T7 in 2008, but recently has a finish of T21 in 2020.
Glover has proven he can contend with the stars of the Tour on any given week, and this number is flat out disrespectful.
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Jason
Jun 5, 2014 at 12:57 am
So true Happyday_J. I love the peace and serenity you get from being out alone in the rain. One big thing I notice is that people who play in the rain in tournaments or club events don’t know how to keep things dry.
Here are a few rules I always follow:
1st – Never, never ever, never ever ever leave your umbrella not covering something (a dry towel hanging from it) or your clubs exposed to the conditions.
2nd – Carry two types of towels and multiples of them. Carry at least four hand towels to keep under your umbrella (one at a time) to wipe your grips dry, and two to three golf towels. Remember, Microfiber is best.
3rd – Carry multiple gloves. Only go to rain gloves when you absolutely have to.
4th – Have two to three really small and thin towels in your bag to wrap around your grips if needed. I’ve only had to do this less than five times in my life but it is a game saver.
5th – Get the best rain gear you can and treat it like a tux. The better you treat it the better it will treat you.
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May 3, 2014 at 3:28 am
im so tired of the pace of play complaints about a 5hr round…most of u that complain are middle aged men who are most likely playing golf so often to escape the family and life they hate deep down, the escape from the trap they have set upon themselves. So stop complaining about spending 5hrs at a place you have been waiting all week to escape to in the first place
B.Boston
May 2, 2014 at 1:15 pm
#11: Meteorologists are often wrong. It could turn out to be a beautiful day.
Ben
May 1, 2014 at 1:34 pm
11. You get to drink more bourbon to ward off the cold and wet weather 😉
AJ Jensen
May 1, 2014 at 12:06 pm
Another footnote for #2: The golfers who DO brave the rain are probably just as hardcore as you are, so nobody ahead of you is going to burn five minutes looking for a ball in the woods
ParHunter
May 1, 2014 at 9:41 am
#11 after playing through the rain and making advantage of the 10 point before the competition is cancelled because too many player gave up.
I remember one society competition in heavy rain. I was scoring well because you could hit your chips directly at the pin and it would just stop there (in the puddle).
We were determined to play the whole 18 holes however when we came to hole 15, a par 3 over water, all we could see was a flag stick in the middle of the water. No telling where the water hazard ended and the green started.
Curt
May 1, 2014 at 12:38 am
Yup this list is exactly me! Just bought a new footjoy rain suit (which should last me years, should*) course is wide open, braving the elements and a nice coffee and baileys at the end of the tunnel!!
ParHunter
May 1, 2014 at 9:30 am
I was disappointed by my short sleeve footjoy rain shirt. I normally use a Galvin Green jacket but that day I decided to use my new footjoy rain shirt as it was warm and it only looked like light rain.
After 9 holes the whole shirt was drenched and was sticking to my body. Not a nice feeling!
I hope the footjoy rain suits are better than the short sleeve rain shirts!
paul
Apr 30, 2014 at 11:41 pm
I love to play after a nice rain. First thing in the morning when the sun comes up. The whole golf course lights up and looks amazing.
Sky
Apr 30, 2014 at 11:18 pm
I agree with the bunker one. I love playing out of wet sand.
Philip
Apr 30, 2014 at 10:20 pm
#11 – opportunity to work on your game and try shots your not to comfortable with and increase your confidence (helped my game immensely last fall)
Myself, having grown up on the north atlantic coastline – rain was the norm. Definitely nothing good about playing in the hot sun.
chris mayfa
Apr 30, 2014 at 9:35 pm
#11
the first 10 dont apply because there is nothing good about playing in the rain
Paul Austin
May 1, 2014 at 8:35 pm
Chris, respectfully disagree.
We played 18 last Saturday morning in less than 3:30 walking with rain on the front nine. IMHO, that’s a wonderful pace of play vs 5 Hrs if it were sunny. Also agree with the point that the more you play in the wet, the better you are able to handle the different conditions.
Paul
Chris mayfa
May 3, 2014 at 8:44 pm
It rains less than 30/40 days a year here. So you do get used to dry golf.
Saves you having to pack your wye weather gear
Happyday_J
Apr 30, 2014 at 9:28 pm
great list, as a golfer who loves playing in the rain, I enjoyed this.
I would just like to add one thing to the list:
The peace and serenity that comes with playing in the rain. With a gentle rainfall, wide open golf course and playing by yourself. The sense of calm when you WALKING between shots, and the silence all around you, not a single noise but the sound of impact, its almost as if for a brief moment in time you have stepped into a Utopic world and all the troubles of this world no longer exist.