How England’s record heat wave has changed this Open Championship

SOUTHPORT, England — Sean McLean leaned back in his chair and turned to the right, his gaze locking in on the row of flapping flags perched atop the grandstand behind Royal Birkdale’s ninth green. On Thursday, the sleep-deprived course manager — the keeper of Birkdale’s venerable turf — began to speak of the unusual eastward The post How England’s record heat wave has changed this Open…