Rain leaves players kicking heels

ISKANDAR Johor Open officials fear a repeat of last week’s shortened Singapore Open, with rain already plaguing the Malaysian event.

Yesterday’s pro-am had to be called off with most competitors not even managing to complete one hole due to electrical storms that saturated the Horizon Hills Country Club course. Fairways were water-logged while the likes of British Open-winning pair Pádraig Harrington and Louis Oosthuizen could do nothing but join their colleagues waiting around the clubhouse for nearly three hours before play was abandoned.

Oosthuizen said: “Seeing a few holes of the golf course, we are going to struggle if we get any more rain because they are already completely under water. I’ve looked at the seven-day forecast and the bad news is that we are going to get these thunderstorms for much of the week. Unfortunately, it looks headed the same way of the Singapore Open and we could be looking at a reduced tournament which is a pity for sponsors, organisers, the players and the spectators.