Friday, November 07, 2008

Monday finish now a possibility in China


It's a wash-out in Shanghai: Round

2 rained off in Shanghai


Heavy rain throughout the day in Shanghai led to the flooding of parts of the Sheshan International Golf Club golf course and forced the abandonment of the second round of the HSBC Champions in China today.
Play was scheduled to begin at 08h40 this morning, but heavy overnight showers, coupled with continual rain, meant that play was called for the day at 13h45.
Second round play will resume at 06h45 on Saturday morning from the first tee and 06h50 from the tenth.
European Tour Tournament Director David Probyn explained the situation.
“Our prime objective and our current intention is to complete 72 holes in the HSBC Champions,“ said Probyn. “Round two is scheduled to start on Saturday morning and our plan will be to put the players straight back out for the third round without a redraw.
“We would hope that the final matches would be able to achieve around 27 holes tomorrow (Saturday). We would then intend to restart the third round, with players in position on the course, at around 06h30 or 06h45 on Sunday morning, meaning the third round would conclude around 08h45 on Sunday morning.
“We would then redraw for the fourth and final round with tee times being approximately between 09h30 and 11h30.
“Clearly if we have any further delays to this schedule there is a strong possibility that play in the fourth round may needed to be completed on Monday morning and this has been provisionally agreed with all parties within the tournament.
“Play was abandoned today on the basis that the two hour period of dry weather we did have, did not restore the golf course to playable conditions on the fairways and with light to moderate rain forecast for the rest of the day, in addition to visibility also decreasing, clearly the situation was only going to worsen.”

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