Players strive to stay patient during Oakmont weather delays

By Mark Lamport-Stokes OAKMONT, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Players watched soccer on television, drank coffee, checked mobile phones and just bided their time as they extended their patient approach at Oakmont to waiting out three weather delays at the U.S. Open on Thursday. Almost four hours of scheduled play was wiped out by thunderstorms and heavy rain at Oakmont Country Club before the opening round was eventually suspended for the day with just nine players having completed the full 18 holes. You can't let it fluster you," England's former world number one Lee Westwood told reporters after ending the day at one under after 13 holes.

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