MADEIRA OPEN REDUCED TO THREE ROUNDS

Heavy rain and a flooded course again held up the first round of the Madeira Islands Open – BPI – Portugal on Saturday morning.
In a tournament already reduced to 54 holes after strong winds wiped out Thursday’s play, half the field had completed their opening rounds on Friday amid further weather delays, with Denmark’s Joachim B Hansen leading the way with a four under par 68.
 There was time for fellow Scandinavians Jaakko Makitalo and Joakim Lagergren to join him on four under when play resumed today, but after an hour and 13 minutes play had to be suspended once more.

Finland’s Makitalo had two holes left to play and Swede Lagergren was through 13 when the players were called in, with England’s Andrew Marshall, Finns Roope Kakko and Antti Ahokas, Germany’s Bernd Ritthammer, Swede Pelle Edberg and French pair Jean-Baptiste Gonnet and Adrien Saddier all one shot off the lead./