Merion: "3 inches of rain and counting"

The GCM blog talked to East Course super Arron McCurdy reported that as of 5:30 ET Friday Merion had received three inches of rain, nearly the normal amount of June rainfall in a typical year.

Earlier in the day, as he paid a visit to the flood-prone 11th green, McCurdy gave it little more than a glimpse. The sight of it was painful.

"I didn't even stay to watch it," McCurdy says. "It was 6 inches from flooding over the top of the green. We've ordered six emergency loads of bunker sand and will get after it in the morning."