MORE THAN SIX HOURS' PLAY LOST DUE TO FOG ON DAY 2 AT MURCAR LINKS

 Players hanging around the PGA portakabin waiting for news of a resumption of second-round play in the PLGC Northern Open.Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency
 
PLGC NORTHERN OPEN CUT TO THREE 

ROUNDS - BID TO COMPLETE ROUND 2

  SCUPPERED BY RETURN OF FOG

By COLIN FARQUHARSO
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
The only definite news to report on the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Northern Open championship at Murcar Links is that the tournament has been reduced to three rounds.
The second suspension of play began at 1.10pm and was not lifted until 5.30pm which meant a total loss of six hours' playing time on Day 2.
In fact, the fog crept in again and visibility dropped to the point where it was not possible to restart at 5.30pm.
No second-round scores have been returned

Tournament Roy Murray, addressing the players in the clubhouse lounge, said there was an option - not one he wanted to use - that if the second round was not completed or nearly completed before darkness fell tonight - well after 10pm in the North-east of Scotland as we approach June 21, the longest daylight of the year - then he would declare a cut on the basis of the first-round scores, i.e. leading 36 and ties with scores of four-over 75 or better.
The fog lifted marginally around 4.30-4.45pm and Murray, sensing an opportunity to complete the second round, overrode his earlier statement that he would make a decision at 6.15pm.
Instead came the news that the players should resume their rounds at 5.30pm. But the restart decision was a trifle premature. The fog crept in again and a re-start was NOT possible at 5.30pm.
Tournament leader David Law, with a three-under-par 68, is in the very last group off the tee in the second round.

  The Murcar Links practice ground, mist shrouded but not closed, during the two fog suspensions of play on Day 2 of the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre Northern Open championship. Picture by Cal Carson Golf Agency.