Mother Nature looming throughout play at 49th Palmetto Amateur

Jul. 25—As Loyola Marymount's Alejandro Alonso stood over his tee shot on the 18th hole, a boom of thunder loudly announced the worst-kept secret at the 49th Palmetto Amateur. Mother Nature wields an awful lot of influence over how this golf tournament will finish — maybe not who wins, but when it's won. So it's not really a secret, given that it is this part of the country and it is this time ...

Mother Nature looming throughout play at 49th Palmetto Amateur

Mother Nature looming throughout play at 49th Palmetto Amateur

Mother Nature looming throughout play at 49th Palmetto Amateur

Mother Nature looming throughout play at 49th Palmetto Amateur

Mother Nature looming throughout play at 49th Palmetto Amateur