but who will overcome the scorching conditions to take home the $18 million top prize? don riddell joins me from the eastlake golf club, where it is hot. what are they doing to keep cool and safe? reporter: yeah. it is insanely hot here. we actually had the cnn meteorological team out with us yesterday. they were saying that the heat index today could get as high as 109. at the moment, i believe it s about 93 degrees, but it is very hot. the players, of course, doing everything they can to keep cool. there are cool towels, misting stations, hydration stations around the course, lots of sunscreen available. the players say it doesn t bother them too much. i guess they re prepared for it and they ve experienced it before, for example, similar weather conditions in memphis just a couple of weeks ago. the players are saying they
we walked around and we ve seen a lot of precautionary measures in place from additional misting stations to cooling centers to additional hydration stations, even sunscreen stations. but this was the most astounding piece of technology. i ve never seen this before. it s worth noting, this is literally called a cool mix. it s for the athletes. it s positioned at every three holes. every third hole has this device. what it does, it has a cooling technology on the backside of your palm and it can cool your internal core temperature by a few degrees in a matter of minutes, bringing you down to a safer level if you re getting overheated. this piece of device is available to the athletes. they re doing their best to mitigate the impacts of the heat. i spoke the press spoke to a georgia native, his name is brian harman. he also happens to be the 2023 british open champion. we wondered maybe if he had a
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typically at this time of july, we were experiencing what we call our monsoon season, so some thunderstorms and some rain that brings the temperatures down. we haven t seen that this year. i think that s probably tied to some of the weather you re seeing across the nation. so it is we re used to hot. we prepare for this all year long. we have hydration donation campaigns. we can set up cooling stations and hydration stations. so we re well-equipped to deal with this, but this year is lasting longer than we expected. what kind of challenges are you running into keeping people safe in your community? well, i was talking to our fire chief earlier today, and when you re fighting a fire, for example, at 110 degrees, you know, that is really a challenging condition for our firefighters. we do have essential workers outside. life goes on, you know. like i say, this is not all that