Thursday, June 05, 2008

Goodnight, Vienna! First-day
wash-out for Austria Open

The first day's play of the Bank Austria Open in Vienna was washed out today without a single shot being struck.
Almost three inches of rain over the last two days left parts of Fontana Golf Club under water and could see the event reduced to 54 holes.
Play was due to begin at 7.15am local time but a torrential downpour from 5am onwards, on an already saturated course, meant play was impossible.
Tournament director Miguel Vidaor said: "We will have to make a decision before the second round starts as to whether we go for four rounds or three rounds.
"If we go for four we will probably have to cut to 50 and ties instead of 65 and ties, if we don't cut to 50 we might have to play just three rounds.
"The players need to know before they go out for the second round if the cut is going to be altered and whether we are aiming to go three or four rounds. We will make that decision on Friday afternoon."

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