Completely correct, Mike.
I’m not sure if that was calibrated wrong, Tim? Or maybe it just caught the single, highest gust?
But as a hurricane starts at around 70mph, I am very surprised you could stand up in that. And even more amazed you could bring a golf bag with you.
There is a wind beyond which golf can be played property, probably about 25-30mph. There is then a wind beyond which golf can be played at all. And that is considerably less than a constant 65mph.
I do enjoy how, in the face of photographic evidence, the first thought is 'that's not true'
It wasn't just a gust, and although I found it immensely educational and fun, the fact is that golf was all but called off that day. When we got to the starter's hut, the starter said to the member 'Look, if you get halfway down the first and turn back, I'm not refunding your guest fee.' Three 4irons later, I was at the back of the 1st.
But what I loved is that it was still highly strategic, and I thought, it's probably the only course in the world that you could play in this weather and it still have a complexity to it that was interesting and fun. The highlight was driving greenside on 16. I would never have chosen that line if it wasn't straight down wind, but to do it once in my lifetime was so thrilling. I always used to have Muirfield as my number 1 in Scotland (and it still holds a special place in my heart), but I had to bow to the Old Lady on that day and acknowledge that she has no equals in this country.