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Rain washes out first day at Evian
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The first day of play at the Evian Championship was washed out yesterday after heavy morning rain soaked the newly-designed course.
Players were on the course for less than one hour before being forced to come off, and organizers decided to restart the round today with yesterday’s scores annulled.
“We’ve had nearly four inches of rain since Saturday and the golf course is extremely saturated at this point,” said Heather Daly-Donofrio, the LPGA’s senior vice president of tour operations. “It was clear when competitors were out this morning that conditions weren’t conducive to a fair and equitable competition. So the plan is to scratch those scores from today and have all players restart the first round tomorrow.”
Officials still hope to complete the tournament on time by playing 36 holes on Sunday.
The weather forecast for today and tomorrow is for clear skies and, providing there is enough daylight, players can usually keep playing until about 7:30pm.
It is not an unprecedented situation, especially this season, with 36 holes played on Sunday at both the LPGA Championship in June and at last month’s Women’s British Open.
Top-ranked Park In-bee of South Korea, the defending champion, is looking to become the first professional golfer to win four majors in a year.
The tournament, formerly known as the Evian Masters, is making its debut as the fifth major on the calendar.
In Taipei, Thailand’s Thitiphun Chuayprakong birdied the last two holes to grab a one-shot lead after the opening round of Asian Tour’s Yeangder Tournament Players Championship yesterday.
The 21-year-old carded a 6-under-par 66 at the Linkou International Golf and Country Club to edge ahead of playing partner Kim Gi-hwan of South Korea (67).
Asian Tour rookie Sam Brazel of Australia and India’s Chiragh Kumar hit 4-under 68s to sit in a tie for third place at the US$500,000 event.
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