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Dustin Johnson, at the PGA Championship last month, has lost his main sponsor over his decision to play in a rival golf tour event.
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Dustin Johnson, at the PGA Championship last month, has lost his main sponsor over his decision to play in a rival golf tour event.
It’s raining cats & dogs in Scotland! The field of the 2025 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship was packed with LIV Golf stars this week. A record 17 players from the Saudi-based league are featured in the event at the Old Course. And all of them are eager to grab the maximum prize money from the $5 million purse. However, their efforts have been cut short on the Friday evening of the event as the rain gods have decided to interrupt the play.
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About an hour ago, the DP World Tour tweeted a video of scenes from the links course showing the strong winds and heavy rainfall. And a few minutes ago, they shared another video revealing that the entire course is waterlogged due to the precipitation. Hence, the second round of the 2025 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship has been suspended towards the end of the day. As things stand, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, & Co. are yet to complete their 18 holes. Although they only have a few more holes to finish their rounds.
The fewest holes played by a pairing is 13. Hence, it’s safe to say that most of the round has already been completed. Even if the remainder of the day gets wiped off, the tournament won’t have much trouble completing round two on Saturday. But that will only happen if the play doesn’t resume today. There is still 1 hour and 50 minutes left for sunset. If there is no further precipitation and the play resumes in the next 30 minutes, then all the players should be able to conclude the round today itself.
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Play suspended due to waterlogged courses.#DunhillLinks pic.twitter.com/al0nWAAqXq
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) October 3, 2025
Rain has long been one of golf’s most disruptive hazards, with several PGA Tour and major events severely impacted over the years. The 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black was drenched with downpours so heavy that the championship stretched into Monday before Lucas Glover lifted the trophy. Similarly, the 2013 BMW Championship and the 2018 edition both suffered waterlogged fairways that forced Monday finishes, while the 2016 Zurich Classic was so badly affected that it was shortened to just 54 holes.
Even iconic events like the 2019 Masters and 2022 Players Championship weren’t spared, with Augusta officials moving tee times forward to avoid storms and Sawgrass enduring a marathon five-day finish due to torrential rain and wind.
This is not even the first time the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship has been subject to weather delays. While Dustin Johnson didn’t participate in last year’s tournament or the one before that, he must have been aware of the tough conditions in Scotland in the past as well. Let’s see what the pros experienced in the tournament the last few times it was played.
Has the weather been worse than what Dustin Johnson is facing in Scotland this year?
If anyone knows how bad the weather during the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship can get, then it would be Matt Fitzpatrick. Playing the tournament in 2023, the Englishman was walking on thin ice when he barely took a lead against the field at the Old Course in St. Andrews. Fitzpatrick had very limited opportunities to take advantage as the weather had already cursed the tournament and washed off a day. Fortunately, his efforts were enough to secure him a big three-stroke win in the end.
In 2024, it seemed that rain would once again cause chaos in St. Andrews. The tournament was once again plagued by heavy precipitation for most of the rounds. And it did interrupt the game a few times in between. But that wasn’t enough to disrupt the action and distract Tyrrell Hatton from winning his third Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Hopefully, the 2025 edition of the event will also not be as severely affected by rainfall as it was two years ago. After all, Dustin Johnson wants to try and impress the future Team U.S. captain for a possible spot in the 2027 Ryder Cup.
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