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In an interview with Larry Dorman of the New York Times published on Saturday, June 27, United States Golf Association Executive Director David Fay said the organization has factored in the risk of earthquakes for holding the U.S. Open at West Coast venues. Following last week’s U.S. Open at Bethpage Black, which was forced to conclude on Monday because of a extensive rain delay during Thursday’s opening round, Dorman posed the following question to Fay: “It rains a lot in the Northeast in June. West Coast Open venues looking better?” Fay’s response: “After a week like the last one? Sure, dry clothes and clean shoes are a plus. But while you may not deal with rain and thunderstorms on the West Coast, fog can gum things up. And there’s that little thing called earthquakes. I like the idea of the Open and all our championships being movable feasts.” Fay went on to say that one of his favorite U.S. Opens of all time was in 2008, when Tiger Woods defeated Rocco Mediate in 19 holes of extra golf on the South Course at Torrey Pines in San Diego. According to the United States Geological Survey, “Each year the southern California area has about 10,000 earthquakes. Most of them are so small that they are not felt. Only several hundred are greater than magnitude 3.0, and only about 15-20 are greater than magnitude 4.0. If there is a large earthquake, however, the aftershock sequence will produce many more earthquakes of all magnitudes for many months.” A full transcript of Dorman’s interview with Fay can be found here. |
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Let's discuss probability, as in what is more likely to happen, a catastrophic earthquake during a West Coast US Open or Phil Mickelson winning a major. Come to think of it, earthquakes are a problem.
| Comment at 6/30/2009 |
