WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT RETURN
TO WORK FORECAST AND THE
VIKINGS MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
FORECAST COMING UP.
HAVING THE RYDER CUP IN
MINNESOTA IS HAVING A HUGE
IMPACT ON THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
THE RYDER CUP IS EXPECTED TO
HAVE A 142 $150 MILLION ECONOMIC
IMPACT ON THE STATE.
ABOUT 500 MILLION PEOPLE WILL
WATCH WORLDWIDE.
THAT IS TRIPLE THE AMOUNT OF
VIEWERS FOR THE SUPER BOWL.
HERE IS A LOOK AT THE STANDINGS.
USA HOLDS A 5-3 LEAD AFTER DAY
ONE.
THE US NEEDS 14.5 POINTS TO WIN
WHILE EUROPE NEEDS JUST 14
POINTS TO RETAIN THE TITLE.
KATE JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE.
Reporter: WHAT A GORGEOUS
MORNING. THE SUNRISE WAS
STUNNING.
A CHILLY START BUT IT IS
WARMING UP QUICKLY.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WITH US
THIS MORNING.
PATRICK HUNT IS A 2016 RYDER
CUP CHAMPION CHAIRMAN.
DAY ONE OF THE TOURNAMENT, TEAM
USA SWEPT IN THE MORNING AND
THEN THINGS CHANGED IN THE
AFTERNOON.
THE EUROPEANS WERE NEVER
GOING TO LIE DOWN.
WE HAD THAT GREAT START AND
THEN THEY CAME OUT FIRING RIGHT
OUT OF THE GATE.
Reporter: EVERYONE IS
TALKING ABOUT HOW BUSY IT HAS
BEEN.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS
ATTENDANCE?
IT IS RECORD-BREAKING.
MINNESOTA FANS HAVE ALWAYS
SUPPORTED EVENTS, EVEN GOING
BACK TO 1991.
IT IS NO SURPRISE THERE DOING
THAT HERE FOR THE 2016 RYDER
CUP.
Reporter: YOU BELIEVE IT IS
RECORD-BREAKING?
WE HAVE BEEN RECORD-
BREAKING EVERY DAY.
NO DOUBT THIS IS THE BIGGEST,
BEST RYDER CUP EVER.
Reporter: A LOT OF
PREPARATION GOES INTO A
TOURNAMENT LIKE THIS.
DO YOU THINK THIS IS ANY HINT
WE WILL THE OTHER MAJOR TERM IS
COMING HERE?
WE HAVE A MISSION SINCE
1962 TO HOST CHAMPIONSHIPS.
NO DOUBT THERE WILL BE MORE
COMING.
WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS AND WE
ARE OPTIMISTIC WE CAN ANNOUNCE
SOME THINGS SOON.
Reporter: I HEARD THERE WAS
GOING TO BE A RED OUT TOMORROW.
IS THAT RIGHT?
THERE IS A RED OUT IN
SUPPORT OF THE US TEAM.
EVERYONE WILL BE WEARING RED
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW MAKE SURE YOU WEAR
RED. Reporter: IT IS SIMPLY A
BEAUTIFUL DAY.
YOU ARE EXPECTING A NICE DAY.
IT WILL WARM UP A LOT.
BEAUTIFUL DAY.
ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS
ABOUT THIS EVENT IS WITH THE
FALL WEATHER AND THE SUPPORT OF
THE CROWDS IT IS UNLIKE ANYTHING
THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED IN THE
STATE.
Reporter: THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
PLANS TO BUILD A HIGH BE
ON THE SITE WERE PUT ON HOLD
THE SUMMER.
NO WORD ON IF THEY WILL MOVE
FORWARD WITH THOSE PLANS AFTER
THE THEATER IS TORN DOWN.
IT IS GOING TO BE THE
PERFECT DAY TO GET OUT ON THE
GOLF COURSE FOR THE RYDER CUP.
HEADING INTO DAT DISH DAY
TO.
USA HOLDS A 5-3 LEAD WITH PLAY
ALREADY STARTED THIS MORNING.
THE US NEEDS 14.5 POINTS TO WIN
WHILE EUROPE NEEDS 14 POINTS TO
RETAIN THE TITLE.
KATE JOINS US LIVE WITH HOW
HAZEL JUST HAZELTINE HAS
PREPARED FOR ANY SORT OF FALL
WEATHER.
Reporter: YOU REALLY DO.
I LOST MY WINTER COAT SINCE I
LAST TALKED TO YOU A HALF-HOUR
AGO.
THAT IS HOW QUICKLY THOSE
QUICKLY THE WEATHER CAN CHANGE.
THAT HIS WIFE IT IS SO
IMPORTANT, WEIGHT IS A
METEOROLOGIST BUT HAS GONE TO
PGA EVENTS OVER THE COUNTRY --
IS THAT RIGHT?
THAT IS CORRECT.
Reporter: TELL ME, PEOPLE
MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY A
TOURNAMENT LIKE THIS NEEDS A
METEOROLOGIST.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
THERE ARE 50,000 PEOPLE OUT
HERE SUNRISE TO SUNSET SEVEN
DAYS.
DURING THE COURSE OF THAT WEEK
THERE IS LIKELY SOME SORT OF
WHETHER. LIGHTNING IS THE MAIN
CONCERN.
WE ARE HERE TO PROTECT FROM
LIGHTNING.
AND TO HELP DETERMINE
ORGANIZERS WITH ANY INCLEMENT
WEATHER THAT MIGHT OCCUR DURING
THE WEEK.
Reporter: I KNOW THE TEAM
CAPTAINS ARE ALWAYS CURIOUS
WHAT THE DAY IS GOING TO BE
LIKE PICK YOU MENTIONED
LIGHTNING BEING THE BIG DANGER.
IS THERE ONE BIG THING THEY
ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IN
THE MORNING'S?
THEY ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT THE WIND DID.
THEY WANT PRECISE WHEN DO
FORECASTS HOUR BY HOUR
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DAY.
Reporter: WHAT ARE WE
LOOKING OUT FOR TODAY.
IT HAS WARMED UP.
THE WIND WILL BE LIKE TODAY.
WITH THIS EXTRA SUNSHINE IT
WILL BE A NICE WARM AFTERNOON.
IS GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY AT
HAZELTINE.
Reporter: YOU HAVE BEEN TO
THESE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
HOW DID IS THIS COMPARED TO
OTHER EVENTS YOU HAVE BEEN TO?
THIS IS PROBABLY THE
LARGEST BUILDUP I HAVE EVER
SEEN AT A GOLF TOURNAMENT.
IT IS SPECTACULAR.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN
TO A GOLF TOURNAMENT, IF YOU
GET A CHANCE TO COME TO THE
RYDER CUP IT WILL BLOW YOU
AWAY.
Reporter: IT IS AN AMAZING
DAY OUT HERE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH
US.
IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO GO TO THE
RYDER CUP OR IF YOU CAN'T, WE
HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON
OUR WEBSITE, WCCO.COM.