The 2013 PGA Tour season has been dominated by Mother Nature. We’ve seen everything from wind, snow and fog delays to the regular old thunderstorm.
Play was supposed to begin on Friday, but high winds delayed the start of the season until Monday. The Tournament of Champions was shortened to 54 holes ' 36 on Monday, 18 on Tuesday. (Getty)
Fog delayed play on Saturday and pushed the finish back to Monday, where Tiger Woods won by four strokes. It was the first time since 2005 that the Farmers Insurance Open had a delay of any kind. (Getty)
For the third straight year, play was delayed at the Phoenix Open because of frost. The opening round was pushed back an hour, forcing 33 players to complete the first round on Friday. (Getty)
Heavy fog was again the culprit, this time at the Northern Trust Open. Play was suspended Thursday evening at 5:43 p.m. Eighteen players had to return Friday morning to finish the first round. (Getty)
For the second time in three years, snow delayed play at the Match Play Championship. Frost also delayed Saturday’s fourth round for 45 minutes. (Getty)
For the second time in 2013, a Tiger Woods win was delayed until Monday. Severe thunderstorms washed out play on Sunday afternoon at Bay Hill. Forty-three players had to come back Monday to complete the final round. (Getty)
Thunderstorms delayed the final round in Houston for about two and a half hours. Play resumed at 6:30 p.m. allowing 12 players to complete the event. (Getty)
Storms halted play late Friday afternoon, forcing 17 players to complete the second round early Saturday morning. (Getty)
Despite more than an inch of rain soaking TPC Louisiana on Sunday, the Zurich Classic finished on time, with Billy Horschel capturing his first PGA Tour title. (Getty)
Eight players had to finish the third round Sunday morning after storms delayed play on Saturday. (Getty)
Storms caused two delays on Friday at Colonial, but the second round was completed by 9:09 a.m. on Saturday. (Getty)
For the seventh time in eight years, weather delayed play at the Memorial. Thunderstorms caused three delays on Friday, forcing officials to group players in threesomes and use split tees for the third round. (Getty)
Two storm delays on Thursday pushed the completion of the second round to Saturday morning at Merion. (Getty)
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Because of weather delays and a gloomy Sunday forecast, officials grouped players in threesomes off split tees for the final two rounds at Congressional. (Getty)
The final round was delayed nearly three hours because of storms in the area. (Getty)
Despite weather delays on Thursday, Friday and Saturday the Sanderson Farms Championship still finished on time. (Getty)
Storms delayed the third round for about 80 minutes. (Getty)
Severe weather halted the first round for about 70 minutes. (Getty)
Heavy rain delayed the third round for nearly three hours, and the start of the final round was delayed an hour due to heavy overnight rain. (Getty)
Two weather delays on Thursday pushed completion of the second round into Saturday. Players were grouped in threesomes off split tees for the third round. (Getty)
Despite seven groups already on the course, officials decided for the second time this season to wipe out their scores and restart the third round with threesomes off split tees. Storms delayed the final round twice, but they still finished on time. (Getty)
Heavy rains suspended the final round of the BMW Championship at Conway Farms on two separate, lengthy occasions, forcing a Monday finish. (Getty)
