Photo of the week: The US Open and rainfall

Congratulations to superintendent Mat Shaffer and his incredible team for delivering a spectcular golf course to the world — despite record rainfall — during the 2013 U.S. Open. Just in case you were wondering what they were up against, take a look at this graph, and note that rainfall for the week of the Open was dramatically higher than for the same week in previous years. This graph, by the way, was constructed using data from PACE Turf Weather Alert…