WEATHER DISRUPTS EISENHOWER TROPHY IN TURKEY

Antalya, Turkey – Weather disrupted the second round of the 2012 World Amateur Team Championship (WATC) today and because of a six-hour morning delay, only six of the 72 teams in the field completed play.
The morning wave of play did not begin until 1:30 p.m. because of dangerous weather conditions. Play was suspended again for dangerous weather at 6:20 p.m.(local time) and subsequently called for the day because of darkness.
Only 48 of 72 teams started play. Twelve teams started their second rounds in the late afternoon Friday and 24 did not start. The second round will be resumed at 8:30 on Saturday morning.
South Korea and Canada, playing at the par-72 Cornelia Golf Club, moved into second place at 10-under-par. Canada had recorded scores for all three players through 15 holes and South Korea had scores through 12 holes.
USA, the first-round leader, had only three holes recorded by lead player Chris Williams, No.1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), who birdied the 10^th and 11^th holes at the par-71 Antalya Golf Club, to move his team to 15-under.
Five teams in the top 10 on the leaderboard from the first round on Thursday did not play Friday. The teams with their positions from the first round are: Mexico in second, Netherlands and Spain tied for fourth, and Venezuela and Zimbabwe tied for seventh.