Whenever the PGA Tour suspends play due to weather, heavy rain, thunder, and lightning are usually involved. But on Thursday at Torrey Pines, the infamous Southern California winds reached a point of no return — the tour had to stop the second round as gusts exceeded 35 miles per hour.

When he first volunteered for the PGA Tour event at Torrey Pines four decades ago, Tony Perez was sent out to the South Course’s ninth hole. “I started measuring the distances of the drives,” Perez said.