Panasonic Open cut to three rounds in Japan


Kobe, Japan. September 23: Today's opening round of the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open has been cancelled due to bad weather.
Play lasted for 25 minutes this morning at the Rokko Kokusai Golf Club’s East course before officials blew the siren to suspend proceedings at 7.25am local time. With rain and winds unrelenting, officials subsequently cancelled the round at 10am and said the tournament would be reduced to a 54-hole competition.
The weather is expected to clear up for the rest of the week in Kobe for the ¥150,000,000 (approximately US$1.7 million) co-sanctioned Japan Golf Tour and Asian Tour event.
This is the second straight week on the Asian Tour that a tournament has been reduced to three rounds. The inaugural Yeangder Tournament Players Championship in Taipei was also cut short due to Typhoon Fanapi last weekend.
Japanese superstar Ryo Ishikawa and Korea ’s Noh Seung-yul, currently leading the Asian Tour’s Order of Merit, are headlining the Panasonic O pen .