Flooded fairways and unrelenting rain in Brisbane has forced the Australian PGA Championship committee to abandon play on day two, but better conditions are expected on Saturday.
Flooded fairways and unrelenting rain in Brisbane has forced the Australian PGA Championship committee to abandon play on day two and reduce the $2 million showpiece to a 54-hole event.
Players will return on Saturday to play their second rounds before the field is cut and a third and final round is contested on Sunday. Elvis Smylie heads a packed leaderboard, one clear of French star Victor Perez, Australian Matias Sanchez, Swiss talent Joel Girrbach and Chile’s Cristobal Del Solar, who birdied four of his last five holes in driving rain on Thursday afternoon.Local drawcards and major winners Cameron Smith and Jason Day, in his first Australian event in seven years, are two shots behind Queenslander Smylie.
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