Heat will not help them out on the golf course today. atlanta heat indices topping 100 degrees almost every day of this tournament. our meteorologist derek van dam live on the east lake golf course in atlanta with more. not getting any better, right? reporter: yeah, don t let this picturesque scene on the 10th hole deceive you or our viewers at home. the air here is thick. you can almost cut it with a knife. and temperatures here at east lake in atlanta could challenge records in this particular location. this is the same heat wave that is literally broken hundreds of records this week, impacting over 100 million americans. chicago, yesterday, the mercury climbed to 100 degrees for the first time in a decade, even set an all time record for heat index values. just impossible to escape this heat. this tournament used to be held in november. the players are wishing that was the case, but it hasn t been since the early 2000s.