LPGA US Open set for clearer skies

Pinehurst, North Carolina is hosting the LPGA U.S. Open today and Mother Nature has seen fit to part the skies and let the women play.

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According to Weather.com, today’s rain forecast of scattered thunderstorms won’t arrive until late this afternoon. In fact, most of the rain will remain to the East of Pinehurst and should remain dry for the third round of the ladies major championship.

Earlier this week, local weather reports had pegged Saturday for a wet, windy, and thunderous day. Showers were expected most of the day but that has obviously changed. Sunday however could be different.

The National Weather Service is calling for scattered showers to begin around noon to 1:00 p.m in the eastern-central region of North Carolina. Pinehurst is located about 25 miles West of Fayetteville.

As today begins the cut field will chase Michelle Wie who is atop the leaderboard after two rounds. Wie is four under par and three strokes ahead of Lexi Thompson. The American duo leads the field with Australia’s Minjee Lee and South Korea’s Amy Yang tied for third with round one leader, American Stacey Lewis.

The three women are four shots back of the lead and one shot behind Thompson at even par. One player is one over par thus far and two more are two over par. Four players are three over par rounding out the day three leaderboard.

Heading into today, many believed that weather might delay the finish of the round but that appears not to be the case. Rain is however forecasted for the early evening and into early morning on Sunday.

Hourly weather reports show a six to eight hour window of no rain before scattered showers could develop.

The rain overnight could make the greens tricky compared to the dry grass the field has faced in the first two days.

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