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U.S. Open at Bethpage Black hit by record rainfall

The golf-hating storm system that soaked the U.S. Open tournament in Farmingdale Thursday broke records for the date in Long Island and New York City, continuing a streak that may make this one of the wettest Junes on record, according to the National Weather Service.

The 2.29 inches that fell by midafternoon in Central Park had pushed this month into the top 10 rainiest Junes, said Richard...

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