McDowell pans organisers, says Valhalla was 'unplayable'


  • Golf
  • Monday, 11 Aug 2014

Workers try to push water off the golf course as heavy rains delay play and during the final round of the 2014 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, August 10, 2014. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

LOUISVILLE Kentucky (Reuters) - Former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell slammed PGA Championship organisers on Sunday while describing conditions as "unplayable" early on in the rain-hit final round at Valhalla Golf Club.

Roughly an inch of heavy rain swept across the par-71 course in just under two hours, eventually forcing play to be suspended before ducks began to frolic in the rivers of water that flooded some of the fairways.

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