So what's a little rain?

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The U.S. Open golf championship is currently underway at the Bethpage Black course near New York City, but since the start on Thursday, rain has been interrupting regularly scheduled play.
As an avid golfer myself, or perhaps duffer is the more appropriate term, but anyway I digress, I can't help but wonder how they determine to suspend play in a championship. I've played on days where "blustery" was an understatement. Then again, for some odd reason, I seem to actually play BETTER on the days that the weather isn't very cooperative.
Being professional players, with the exception of the few amateurs peppering the field, I find it hard to believe they allow some rain, with minimal winds, to keep them from playing. I can understand that when there is a major title on the line, not to mention a handsome sum for the purse, they would want every possible advantage for their game. Yet I can't help but feel they are letting Mother Nature hold them at bay, when most players would "weather" it.
~~Justacoasterfan~~