Any other sport they would have gone home...

[napolienne]

Bigger Dave! I can't quite make them out.

[Murray]

Looks just like Penicuik this weekend!
We're all completey barking...

[Dave]

Originally Posted by napolienne

Bigger Dave! I can't quite make them out.

Hang on, I'll put the originals up, they're just over a meter wide

[wingate_52]

We get proper rain in Manchester!

[Deadeye Doc]

Originally Posted by grantwomack

Nope. But I've never seen it broadcast on TV with any weather about, other than wind.

The World Match Play Champs sponsored by a variety of big companies in the past almost always played around this time of year at Wentworth (Not far from you now) have often been in "inclement weather". I have also seen the Ryder Cup played in howling gales and horizontal rain, as at Winged Foot in the USA some years ago.
You're right about the expense. But golf balls ARE (were?) less expensive than arrows. Morphy Mick told me that he had played Golf Archery somewhere in Yorkshire against one of the local golf clubs.

[bluebow]

Originally Posted by Deadeye Doc

Morphy Mick told me that he had played Golf Archery somewhere in Yorkshire against one of the local golf clubs.

Golf archery seemed to very popular in the 1950's & 60's in Yorkshire. The Bronte Archers' scrapbook has several newspaper clippings from that era recording victorys by Bronte Archers against local golf clubs.

And I'm not suggesting that Morphy Mick played in the 1950's!