AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Royal St George's fairways scorched grey as Britain's record drought bakes historic Open venue
Britain's record-breaking summer drought has left Royal St George's, one of golf's most storied championship venues, virtually unrecognizable, its once-green fairways burned to a barren grey-brown. New photos published by The Sun show the iconic links course in Sandwich, Kent, stripped of color after weeks of punishing heat and no rain. The damage extends well […] The post Royal St George's fairways scorched grey as Britain's record drought bakes historic Open venue appeared first on American Almanac .
Britain's record-breaking summer drought has left Royal St George's, one of golf's most storied championship venues, virtually unrecognizable, its once-green fairways burned to a barren grey-brown. New photos published by The Sun show the iconic links course in Sandwich, Kent, stripped of color after weeks of punishing heat and no rain. The damage extends well beyond a single club. Courses across the south of England, from Aldwickbury Park in Harpenden to Richmond golf club in London, look more like parched farmland than manicured sporting grounds. The south of England just recorded its driest July since 1836, nearly two centuries of rainfall data. Temperatures in Sandwich climbed as high as 35 degrees Celsius in recent weeks, and the…Open