The third round of the Sunshine Tour’s first stage of Qualifying School had to be cancelled on Wednesday because of a waterlogged Maccauvlei Golf Club course.
A severe thunderstorm early in the day forced the golfers into the clubhouse, and thereafter the course was deemed unplayable.
“We pulled the golfers off the course just before a big thunderstorm, and we had about 25 millimetres of rain in 20 minutes,” said Reinard Kilian, the tournament director.
“The course was waterlogged as a result of this because the water table here is already pretty high with all the rain they’ve had. After a course inspection we deemed it not possible to play today.”
The tournament has now been reduced to 54 holes, with the third and final round to be played on Thursday.
American Thomas Longbella leads the field on 10 under par overall, two strokes clear of South African amateur Christopher Long. Austria’s Bernard Neumayer, South African Dean O’Riley and his amateur countryman Sean Cronje are all on seven under par.
