A thick blanket of fog hovered over the venerated course in the fashionable beach town east of New York City, where a long line of standstill traffic held up ticketholders while a handful of players got the action going at eye-wateringly early tee times.
No player had gotten further than the second hole when organisers suspended play at 7:05 a.m., and spectators milled about the grounds while other golfers practised on the putting green.
The event kicked off with American Scottie Scheffler eying history, on the hunt for a career Grand Slam.