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Officials make decision to decrease event to 54 holes
Published on Sunday, Nov 22, 2009
Associated Press
More rain on already saturated grounds at the Houstonian Country Club in Richmond, Texas, washed out play at the LPGA Tour Championship on Saturday, forcing tour officials to cut the season-ending event to 54 holes.
More than 1.4 inches of rain fell on the course from Friday morning until the decision was made to call off play Saturday afternoon.
Play is expected to resume this morning to complete the second round. A cut will be made to the low 70 scores and ties, and a third round and final round will be played Monday morning.
''We had a plan to try and play 72 holes by Monday, but that would have required players to possibly stay over for Tuesday and we didn't want to do that,'' said Doug Brecht, the tour's vice president for rules and competition.
Tournament leader Lorena Ochoa, who can win her fourth straight LPGA Player of the Year award with a win this week, has not hit a shot in competition since early Thursday afternoon when she finished a first-round 66.
Ochoa and most of the players were not in the clubhouse when the decision was made Saturday to cancel and return today, when the forecast is for sunny and dry conditions.
The rain had been forecast to clear up late Friday and give way to cool and dry conditions on Saturday. But the rain continued overnight and was still heavy at Saturday morning when play was scheduled to resume.
Because of miscommunication between local tournament officials and the LPGA, players were sent out to their assigned holes early Saturday, only to be told the course was unplayable and sent back to the clubhouse.
The tournament was nearly canceled or moved this summer when original title sponsor Texas financier R. Allen Stanford was accused of running a giant Ponzi scheme. Then the tournament's top attraction, Michelle Wie, dropped out after the first round with an ankle injury and popular tour presence Natalie Gulbis withdrew with an undisclosed illness without even hitting a shot.
Sophie Gustafson, who technically is the second-round leader, having gotten to 4 under par after playing 11 holes, said there is little the players could do with the wet weather.
''All we can do is stay dry and get ready,'' she said after signing autographs for fans at the clubhouse.
European Tour
Lee Westwood held on to his 2-shot lead at the Dubai World Championships in United Arab Emirates after shooting a 6-under 66 Saturday in the third round.
Westwood used six birdies to take his total to 15-under 201. Ross McGowan was alone in second after also shooting a 66.
If Westwood wins the last tournament of the European Tour season, he will receive $1.25 million in prize money as well as a $1.5 million bonus for winning the Race to Dubai money prize.
Rory McIlroy leads the money list going into the tournament but fell to 5 shots behind after a 69.
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