For outdoor sports, weather is always an unpredictable factor.  Snow can make it hard to stay on your feet on the football field.  Heat can cut a marathon small.  Lightening requires keeping players (and fans) away from danger.  And rain can postpone a baseball game or a round of a golf tournament.

The highlight of my week was going to be a PGA tournament.  But it rained.  And rained (with lightening).  And rained.  And then it rained some more.  I only had one day available to watch this golf tournament live, but an unusual all-day downpour kept the golfers off the course.   So I was forced to follow online.  (By the way, PGAtour.com’s Shot Tracker is pretty cool!)

And I was pretty disappointed that I didn’t get to experience a tournament.  My favorite pro didn’t make the cut.  I didn’t get to walk the golf couse.  I didn’t get to build my (very limited) knowledge of the sport.  And I didn’t even get to follow the entire second round online.

My only consolation is that an Illini alum one the event, and now stands second only to some guy named Tiger in the PGA Tour FedEx standings.

Oh, and that rain cause the Cubs and Cards to play a double-header today that had some fantastic plays and an fascinating 9th inning strategy, even though the teams split the day…