LPGA stars bracing for 40 mph winds at St. Andrews, whacky Open weather has R&A worried

Get ready for some wild weather at the AIG Women’s Open this week.

The tournament returns to the Old Course at St. Andrews, which will host the best female players in the world but also expose them to near-gale-force winds.

Thursday’s first round will see gusts reach 40 miles per hour, perhaps even 45 in the afternoon. The forecast also calls for light rain in the morning but then the sun should pop out in the afternoon—a perfect late summer day in Scotland. More of the same will follow over the next three days, but the only thing sure about the weather at St. Andrews is that it’s always

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