Beat the heat? What the PGA Tour and players are doing to at least survive it

ATLANTA – The enduring image of this year’s FedExCup playoffs, thus far, is a 43-year-old father of two overcoming the putting yips, a deep field and oppressive heat and humid to win the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

Lucas Glover and his sweat-soaked shirt and pants are golf’s summer GIF thanks to what meteorologist called a “heat dome” that has blanketed most the nation and produced the hottest summer in recorded history, particularly in the southeast where the PGA Tour began and will end its postseason.

Triple-digit heat indexes are nothing new for professional golfers, but conditions in Memphis and this week’s forecast in Atlanta have prompted the Tour to be proactive. In a memo sent to players this week, the Tour outlined “additional measures to ensure players and caddies are as hydrated as possible to reduce dehydration and health…